Avatar4321 Posted April 3, 2022 Posted April 3, 2022 https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/2021-statistical-report-april-2022-conference looks good for a pandemic year 2
Lemuel Posted April 3, 2022 Posted April 3, 2022 Compare to 2020 https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/april-2021-general-conference-statistical-report and 2019 https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/2019-statistical-report (but try not to compare to 10 years ago) https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2012/04/statistical-report-2011?lang=eng
InCognitus Posted April 3, 2022 Posted April 3, 2022 20 minutes ago, Avatar4321 said: https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/2021-statistical-report-april-2022-conference looks good for a pandemic year Higher growth than 2020, yes.
Scott Lloyd Posted April 3, 2022 Posted April 3, 2022 12 hours ago, InCognitus said: Higher growth than 2020, yes. Maybe attributable to the easing of pandemic-related restrictions on missionary work. Could that be a motive for the emphasis on missionary work so far in this conference? 1
JAHS Posted April 3, 2022 Posted April 3, 2022 6 hours ago, Scott Lloyd said: Maybe attributable to the easing of pandemic-related restrictions on missionary work. Could that be a motive for the emphasis on missionary work so far in this conference? There was a slight increase in missionaries for 2021
SeekingUnderstanding Posted April 3, 2022 Posted April 3, 2022 38 minutes ago, JAHS said: There was a slight increase in missionaries for 2021 That graph sure makes this comment look prophetic:
JAHS Posted April 3, 2022 Posted April 3, 2022 (edited) I have another graph for church growth. Edited April 4, 2022 by JAHS Error made in graph 2
Avatar4321 Posted April 4, 2022 Author Posted April 4, 2022 So what can we do to change this growth and make it more positive?
JAHS Posted April 4, 2022 Posted April 4, 2022 9 minutes ago, Avatar4321 said: So what can we do to change this growth and make it more positive? Make more babies? 🙂 1
InCognitus Posted April 4, 2022 Posted April 4, 2022 6 hours ago, JAHS said: There was a slight increase in missionaries for 2021 I have kept an Excel spreadsheet on church growth with a line chart too, but I had a problem with the missionary stats. The numbers from the Desert Almanac for missionaries were designated as "Missionaries Called", but the recent church statistics (since 2008) have called it "Number of Full Time Missionaries", which could be two different things. Do you have the same distinction between those periods of time in the source for your statistics? 5 hours ago, JAHS said: I have another graph for church growth. There was a dramatic change in the growth rate at about 1999. I think convert baptisms started to level off at that time. Birthrate is slower also. On my chart, I don't show the same detour in church growth at around the 1990 mark as you do. This is my data (below). Do you show something different, or is it something to do with the way your chart is scaled perhaps? Year Membership Number Change % Growth April 6, 1830 6 1830 280 274 4566.67% 1831 680 400 142.86% 1832 2,661 1,981 291.32% 1833 3,140 479 18.00% 1834 4,372 1,232 39.24% 1835 8,835 4,463 102.08% 1836 13,293 4,458 50.46% 1837 16,282 2,989 22.49% 1838 17,881 1,599 9.82% 1839 16,460 -1,421 -7.95% 1840 16,865 405 2.46% 1841 19,856 2,991 17.73% 1842 23,564 3,708 18.67% 1843 25,980 2,416 10.25% 1844 26,146 166 0.64% 1845 30,332 4,186 16.01% 1846 33,993 3,661 12.07% 1847 34,694 701 2.06% 1848 40,477 5,783 16.67% 1849 48,160 7,683 18.98% 1850 51,839 3,679 7.64% 1851 52,165 326 0.63% 1852 52,640 475 0.91% 1853 64,154 11,514 21.87% 1854 68,429 4,275 6.66% 1855 63,974 -4,455 -6.51% 1856 63,881 -93 -0.15% 1857 55,236 -8,645 -13.53% 1858 55,755 519 0.94% 1859 57,038 1,283 2.30% 1860 61,082 4,044 7.09% 1861 66,211 5,129 8.40% 1862 68,780 2,569 3.88% 1863 71,770 2,990 4.35% 1864 74,348 2,578 3.59% 1865 76,771 2,423 3.26% 1866 77,884 1,113 1.45% 1867 81,124 3,240 4.16% 1868 84,622 3,498 4.31% 1869 88,432 3,810 4.50% 1870 90,130 1,698 1.92% 1871 95,596 5,466 6.06% 1872 98,152 2,556 2.67% 1873 101,538 3,386 3.45% 1874 103,916 2,378 2.34% 1875 107,167 3,251 3.13% 1876 111,111 3,944 3.68% 1877 115,065 3,954 3.56% 1878 125,046 9,981 8.67% 1879 128,386 3,340 2.67% 1880 133,628 5,242 4.08% 1881 140,733 7,105 5.32% 1882 145,604 4,871 3.46% 1883 151,593 5,989 4.11% 1884 158,242 6,649 4.39% 1885 164,130 5,888 3.72% 1886 166,653 2,523 1.54% 1887 173,029 6,376 3.83% 1888 180,294 7,265 4.20% 1889 183,144 2,850 1.58% 1890 188,263 5,119 2.80% 1891 195,445 7,182 3.81% 1892 200,961 5,516 2.82% 1893 214,534 13,573 6.75% 1894 222,369 7,835 3.65% 1895 231,116 8,747 3.93% 1896 241,427 10,311 4.46% 1897 255,736 14,309 5.93% 1898 267,251 11,515 4.50% 1899 271,681 4,430 1.66% 1900 283,765 12,084 4.45% 1901 292,931 9,166 3.23% 1902 299,105 6,174 2.11% 1903 304,901 5,796 1.94% 1904 324,289 19,388 6.36% 1905 332,048 7,759 2.39% 1906 345,014 12,966 3.90% 1907 357,913 12,899 3.74% 1908 371,472 13,559 3.79% 1909 377,279 5,807 1.56% 1910 398,478 21,199 5.62% 1911 407,291 8,813 2.21% 1912 417,555 10,264 2.52% 1913 431,607 14,052 3.37% 1914 454,718 23,111 5.35% 1915 466,238 11,520 2.53% 1916 477,321 11,083 2.38% 1917 488,038 10,717 2.25% 1918 495,962 7,924 1.62% 1919 507,961 11,999 2.42% 1920 525,987 18,026 3.55% 1921 548,803 22,816 4.34% 1922 566,358 17,555 3.20% 1923 575,896 9,538 1.68% 1924 597,861 21,965 3.81% 1925 613,572 15,711 2.63% 1926 623,909 10,337 1.68% 1927 644,745 20,836 3.34% 1928 655,686 10,941 1.70% 1929 663,652 7,966 1.21% 1930 670,017 6,365 0.96% 1931 688,435 18,418 2.75% 1932 703,949 15,514 2.25% 1933 717,619 13,670 1.94% 1934 730,738 13,119 1.83% 1935 746,384 15,646 2.14% 1936 760,690 14,306 1.92% 1937 767,752 7,062 0.93% 1938 784,764 17,012 2.22% 1939 803,528 18,764 2.39% 1940 862,664 59,136 7.36% 1941 892,080 29,416 3.41% 1942 917,715 25,635 2.87% 1943 937,050 19,335 2.11% 1944 954,004 16,954 1.81% 1945 979,454 25,450 2.67% 1946 996,505 17,051 1.74% 1947 1,016,170 19,665 1.97% 1948 1,041,970 25,800 2.54% 1949 1,078,671 36,701 3.52% 1950 1,111,314 32,643 3.03% 1951 1,147,157 35,843 3.23% 1952 1,189,053 41,896 3.65% 1953 1,246,362 57,309 4.82% 1954 1,302,240 55,878 4.48% 1955 1,357,274 55,034 4.23% 1956 1,416,731 59,457 4.38% 1957 1,488,314 71,583 5.05% 1958 1,555,799 67,485 4.53% 1959 1,616,088 60,289 3.88% 1960 1,693,180 77,092 4.77% 1961 1,823,661 130,481 7.71% 1962 1,965,786 142,125 7.79% 1963 2,117,451 151,665 7.72% 1964 2,234,916 117,465 5.55% 1965 2,395,932 161,016 7.20% 1966 2,480,899 84,967 3.55% 1967 2,614,340 133,441 5.38% 1968 2,684,073 69,733 2.67% 1969 2,807,456 123,383 4.60% 1970 2,930,810 123,354 4.39% 1971 3,090,953 160,143 5.46% 1972 3,218,908 127,955 4.14% 1973 3,306,658 87,750 2.73% 1974 3,409,987 103,329 3.12% 1975 3,572,202 162,215 4.76% 1976 3,742,749 170,547 4.77% 1977 3,969,220 226,471 6.05% 1978 4,166,854 197,634 4.98% 1979 4,404,121 237,267 5.69% 1980 4,639,822 235,701 5.35% 1981 4,920,449 280,627 6.05% 1982 5,162,619 242,170 4.92% 1983 5,351,724 189,105 3.66% 1984 5,641,054 289,330 5.41% 1985 5,919,483 278,429 4.94% 1986 6,166,974 247,491 4.18% 1987 6,394,314 227,340 3.69% 1988 6,721,210 326,896 5.11% 1989 7,308,444 587,234 8.74% 1990 7,761,179 452,735 6.19% 1991 8,089,848 328,669 4.23% 1992 8,404,087 314,239 3.88% 1993 8,689,168 285,081 3.39% 1994 9,024,368 335,200 3.86% 1995 9,338,859 314,491 3.48% 1996 9,692,441 353,582 3.79% 1997 10,071,783 379,342 3.91% 1998 10,354,241 282,458 2.80% 1999 10,752,986 398,745 3.85% 2000 11,068,861 315,875 2.94% 2001 11,394,522 325,661 2.94% 2002 11,721,548 327,026 2.87% 2003 11,985,254 263,706 2.25% 2004 12,275,822 290,568 2.42% 2005 12,560,869 285,047 2.32% 2006 12,868,606 307,737 2.45% 2007 13,193,999 325,393 2.53% 2008 13,508,509 314,510 2.38% 2009 13,824,854 316,345 2.34% 2010 14,131,467 306,613 2.22% 2011 14,441,346 309,879 2.19% 2012 14,782,473 341,127 2.36% 2013 15,082,028 299,555 2.03% 2014 15,372,337 290,309 1.92% 2015 15,634,199 261,862 1.70% 2016 15,882,417 248,218 1.59% 2017 16,118,169 235,752 1.48% 2018 16,313,735 195,566 1.21% 2019 16,565,036 251,301 1.54% 2020 16,663,663 98,627 0.60% 2021 16,805,400 141,737 0.85% Do you show anything different than this? 2
JAHS Posted April 4, 2022 Posted April 4, 2022 (edited) 56 minutes ago, InCognitus said: I have kept an Excel spreadsheet on church growth with a line chart too, but I had a problem with the missionary stats. The numbers from the Desert Almanac for missionaries were designated as "Missionaries Called", but the recent church statistics (since 2008) have called it "Number of Full Time Missionaries", which could be two different things. Do you have the same distinction between those periods of time in the source for your statistics? On my chart, I don't show the same detour in church growth at around the 1990 mark as you do. This is my data (below). Do you show something different, or is it something to do with the way your chart is scaled perhaps? Year Membership Number Change % Growth April 6, 1830 6 1830 280 274 4566.67% 1831 680 400 142.86% 1832 2,661 1,981 291.32% 1833 3,140 479 18.00% 1834 4,372 1,232 39.24% 1835 8,835 4,463 102.08% 1836 13,293 4,458 50.46% 1837 16,282 2,989 22.49% 1838 17,881 1,599 9.82% 1839 16,460 -1,421 -7.95% 1840 16,865 405 2.46% 1841 19,856 2,991 17.73% 1842 23,564 3,708 18.67% 1843 25,980 2,416 10.25% 1844 26,146 166 0.64% 1845 30,332 4,186 16.01% 1846 33,993 3,661 12.07% 1847 34,694 701 2.06% 1848 40,477 5,783 16.67% 1849 48,160 7,683 18.98% 1850 51,839 3,679 7.64% 1851 52,165 326 0.63% 1852 52,640 475 0.91% 1853 64,154 11,514 21.87% 1854 68,429 4,275 6.66% 1855 63,974 -4,455 -6.51% 1856 63,881 -93 -0.15% 1857 55,236 -8,645 -13.53% 1858 55,755 519 0.94% 1859 57,038 1,283 2.30% 1860 61,082 4,044 7.09% 1861 66,211 5,129 8.40% 1862 68,780 2,569 3.88% 1863 71,770 2,990 4.35% 1864 74,348 2,578 3.59% 1865 76,771 2,423 3.26% 1866 77,884 1,113 1.45% 1867 81,124 3,240 4.16% 1868 84,622 3,498 4.31% 1869 88,432 3,810 4.50% 1870 90,130 1,698 1.92% 1871 95,596 5,466 6.06% 1872 98,152 2,556 2.67% 1873 101,538 3,386 3.45% 1874 103,916 2,378 2.34% 1875 107,167 3,251 3.13% 1876 111,111 3,944 3.68% 1877 115,065 3,954 3.56% 1878 125,046 9,981 8.67% 1879 128,386 3,340 2.67% 1880 133,628 5,242 4.08% 1881 140,733 7,105 5.32% 1882 145,604 4,871 3.46% 1883 151,593 5,989 4.11% 1884 158,242 6,649 4.39% 1885 164,130 5,888 3.72% 1886 166,653 2,523 1.54% 1887 173,029 6,376 3.83% 1888 180,294 7,265 4.20% 1889 183,144 2,850 1.58% 1890 188,263 5,119 2.80% 1891 195,445 7,182 3.81% 1892 200,961 5,516 2.82% 1893 214,534 13,573 6.75% 1894 222,369 7,835 3.65% 1895 231,116 8,747 3.93% 1896 241,427 10,311 4.46% 1897 255,736 14,309 5.93% 1898 267,251 11,515 4.50% 1899 271,681 4,430 1.66% 1900 283,765 12,084 4.45% 1901 292,931 9,166 3.23% 1902 299,105 6,174 2.11% 1903 304,901 5,796 1.94% 1904 324,289 19,388 6.36% 1905 332,048 7,759 2.39% 1906 345,014 12,966 3.90% 1907 357,913 12,899 3.74% 1908 371,472 13,559 3.79% 1909 377,279 5,807 1.56% 1910 398,478 21,199 5.62% 1911 407,291 8,813 2.21% 1912 417,555 10,264 2.52% 1913 431,607 14,052 3.37% 1914 454,718 23,111 5.35% 1915 466,238 11,520 2.53% 1916 477,321 11,083 2.38% 1917 488,038 10,717 2.25% 1918 495,962 7,924 1.62% 1919 507,961 11,999 2.42% 1920 525,987 18,026 3.55% 1921 548,803 22,816 4.34% 1922 566,358 17,555 3.20% 1923 575,896 9,538 1.68% 1924 597,861 21,965 3.81% 1925 613,572 15,711 2.63% 1926 623,909 10,337 1.68% 1927 644,745 20,836 3.34% 1928 655,686 10,941 1.70% 1929 663,652 7,966 1.21% 1930 670,017 6,365 0.96% 1931 688,435 18,418 2.75% 1932 703,949 15,514 2.25% 1933 717,619 13,670 1.94% 1934 730,738 13,119 1.83% 1935 746,384 15,646 2.14% 1936 760,690 14,306 1.92% 1937 767,752 7,062 0.93% 1938 784,764 17,012 2.22% 1939 803,528 18,764 2.39% 1940 862,664 59,136 7.36% 1941 892,080 29,416 3.41% 1942 917,715 25,635 2.87% 1943 937,050 19,335 2.11% 1944 954,004 16,954 1.81% 1945 979,454 25,450 2.67% 1946 996,505 17,051 1.74% 1947 1,016,170 19,665 1.97% 1948 1,041,970 25,800 2.54% 1949 1,078,671 36,701 3.52% 1950 1,111,314 32,643 3.03% 1951 1,147,157 35,843 3.23% 1952 1,189,053 41,896 3.65% 1953 1,246,362 57,309 4.82% 1954 1,302,240 55,878 4.48% 1955 1,357,274 55,034 4.23% 1956 1,416,731 59,457 4.38% 1957 1,488,314 71,583 5.05% 1958 1,555,799 67,485 4.53% 1959 1,616,088 60,289 3.88% 1960 1,693,180 77,092 4.77% 1961 1,823,661 130,481 7.71% 1962 1,965,786 142,125 7.79% 1963 2,117,451 151,665 7.72% 1964 2,234,916 117,465 5.55% 1965 2,395,932 161,016 7.20% 1966 2,480,899 84,967 3.55% 1967 2,614,340 133,441 5.38% 1968 2,684,073 69,733 2.67% 1969 2,807,456 123,383 4.60% 1970 2,930,810 123,354 4.39% 1971 3,090,953 160,143 5.46% 1972 3,218,908 127,955 4.14% 1973 3,306,658 87,750 2.73% 1974 3,409,987 103,329 3.12% 1975 3,572,202 162,215 4.76% 1976 3,742,749 170,547 4.77% 1977 3,969,220 226,471 6.05% 1978 4,166,854 197,634 4.98% 1979 4,404,121 237,267 5.69% 1980 4,639,822 235,701 5.35% 1981 4,920,449 280,627 6.05% 1982 5,162,619 242,170 4.92% 1983 5,351,724 189,105 3.66% 1984 5,641,054 289,330 5.41% 1985 5,919,483 278,429 4.94% 1986 6,166,974 247,491 4.18% 1987 6,394,314 227,340 3.69% 1988 6,721,210 326,896 5.11% 1989 7,308,444 587,234 8.74% 1990 7,761,179 452,735 6.19% 1991 8,089,848 328,669 4.23% 1992 8,404,087 314,239 3.88% 1993 8,689,168 285,081 3.39% 1994 9,024,368 335,200 3.86% 1995 9,338,859 314,491 3.48% 1996 9,692,441 353,582 3.79% 1997 10,071,783 379,342 3.91% 1998 10,354,241 282,458 2.80% 1999 10,752,986 398,745 3.85% 2000 11,068,861 315,875 2.94% 2001 11,394,522 325,661 2.94% 2002 11,721,548 327,026 2.87% 2003 11,985,254 263,706 2.25% 2004 12,275,822 290,568 2.42% 2005 12,560,869 285,047 2.32% 2006 12,868,606 307,737 2.45% 2007 13,193,999 325,393 2.53% 2008 13,508,509 314,510 2.38% 2009 13,824,854 316,345 2.34% 2010 14,131,467 306,613 2.22% 2011 14,441,346 309,879 2.19% 2012 14,782,473 341,127 2.36% 2013 15,082,028 299,555 2.03% 2014 15,372,337 290,309 1.92% 2015 15,634,199 261,862 1.70% 2016 15,882,417 248,218 1.59% 2017 16,118,169 235,752 1.48% 2018 16,313,735 195,566 1.21% 2019 16,565,036 251,301 1.54% 2020 16,663,663 98,627 0.60% 2021 16,805,400 141,737 0.85% Do you show anything different than this? I see why now mine is different. Up till 1990 I was going by 10 year intervals and then by 1 year intervals after that and that's why it looks like it takes a turn at 1990. Here is what mine should have looked like. And it looks like yours. I made the correction Edited April 4, 2022 by JAHS 1
Hamba Tuhan Posted April 4, 2022 Posted April 4, 2022 3 hours ago, Avatar4321 said: So what can we do to change this growth and make it more positive? 1. Do good things that bring the blessings of the gospel more fully into our lives. 2. Invite other people to join us in those things. One of our full-time missionaries currently doing home MTC in our stake was in the second ward I attended yesterday. She shared her testimony in sacrament meeting. She also had two non-member friends with her. These same friends were at her setting apart too. It's that simple. 1
SwedishLDS Posted April 5, 2022 Posted April 5, 2022 On 4/4/2022 at 4:15 AM, Avatar4321 said: So what can we do to change this growth and make it more positive? Raise a strong family in the gospel, and do good things and share the gospel
Teancum Posted April 5, 2022 Posted April 5, 2022 (edited) On 4/3/2022 at 5:34 PM, JAHS said: I have another graph for church growth. Now do one that shows active members. Might look a tad bit different and not quite as wonderful. Edited April 5, 2022 by Teancum 1
Avatar4321 Posted April 5, 2022 Author Posted April 5, 2022 On 4/4/2022 at 12:35 AM, Hamba Tuhan said: 1. Do good things that bring the blessings of the gospel more fully into our lives. 2. Invite other people to join us in those things. One of our full-time missionaries currently doing home MTC in our stake was in the second ward I attended yesterday. She shared her testimony in sacrament meeting. She also had two non-member friends with her. These same friends were at her setting apart too. It's that simple. So how does that work for those of us who are anti social?
Hamba Tuhan Posted April 5, 2022 Posted April 5, 2022 1 hour ago, Avatar4321 said: So how does that work for those of us who are anti social? 'But charity is the pure love of Christ, and it endureth forever; and whoso is found possessed of it at the last day, it shall be well with him. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, pray unto the Father with all the energy of heart, that ye may be filled with this love, which he hath bestowed upon all who are true followers of his Son, Jesus Christ; that ye may become the sons of God; that when he shall appear we shall be like him ...'
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