April 5, 2016
How We Grow
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A lot of factors have to be taken into consideration when tracking the growth of a movement as large as the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Accessions (baptisms and professions of faith) and losses (dropped, missing, and audit adjustments) are two of them, and arguably the most important. Another reality is losses because of member deaths. Here are those indicators for the last five years, both in North America and around the world.—Editors
Source: General Conference Office of Archives, Statistics, and Research
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