Presented by F. Michael Watson
Secretary to the First Presidency
"Statistical Report, 1999," Ensign, May 2000, 22
Brothers and sisters, at the direction of the First Presidency the following statistical report represents the membership growth and status of the Church for the year ending 31 December 1999. This information is based on reports that were received prior to general conference:
Stakes 2,542
Districts 636
Missions 333
Wards and branches 25,793
Total membership 10,752,986
Increase in children of record during 1999 84,118
Converts baptized during 1999 306,171
Full-time missionaries 58,593
Temples dedicated during 1999 15
Temples in operation 68
Ground was broken and construction began on 30 new temples during 1999; 17 additional temples were announced and are awaiting construction.
Elder Carlos E. Asay, an emeritus General Authority; Sister Virginia Pickett Backman, wife of Elder Robert L. Backman, an emeritus General Authority.