Presented by F. Michael Watson
Secretary to the First Presidency
"Statistical Report, 2001," Ensign, May 2002, 23
Brothers and sisters, the First Presidency has issued the following report concerning the growth and status of the Church as of 31 December 2001:
Stakes 2,607
Districts 618
Missions 333
Wards and branches 26,084
Total membership 11,394,522
Increase in children of record . 69,522
Converts baptized 292,612
Number of full-time missionaries 60,850
Temples dedicated during 2001 5
(Montevideo Uruguay, Winter Quarters Nebraska, Guadalajara Mexico, Perth Australia, Columbia River Washington)
Number of temples in operation 107
Elder Loren C. Dunn, an emeritus General Authority and president of the Boston Massachusetts Temple at the time of his passing; Elder Merlyn R. Lybbert, a former member of the Seventy; Elder George R. Hill III, a former member of the Seventy; Phyllis Nielsen Reeve, wife of Rex C. Reeve Sr., an emeritus General Authority; Avanelle Richards Osborn, wife of Spencer H. Osborn, a former member of the Seventy; Naomi Ward Randall, a former counselor in the Primary general presidency and author of the words of the hymn "I Am a Child of God."