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Statistical Report, 1998

by F. Michael Watson

Secretary to the First Presidency

To the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Dear Brethren:

Brothers and sisters, for the information of the members of the Church, the First Presidency has issued the following statistical report concerning the membership growth and status of the Church as of 31 December 1998. These statistics are based on 1998 reports available prior to this conference.
 
 

Church Units
Stakes 
2,505 
Districts 
631 
Missions 
331 
Wards and branches 
25,551 

 
 
 

Church Membership
Total membership 
10,354,241 
Increase in children of record during 1998 
76,829 
Converts baptized during 1998 
299,134 

 
 
 

Missionaries
Full-time missionaries 
57,853 

 
 
 

Temples
Temples dedicated during 1998
(Monticello Utah and Preston England Temples) 		 2 
Temples in operation 53
Temples announced, including those under construction at the end of 1998 45

Prominent Members Who Have Passed Away since Last April

Elder Dallas N. Archibald of the First Quorum of the Seventy; Sister June Dixon Oaks, wife of Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles; Sister Ferne Gardner Hunter, widow of Elder Milton R. Hunter, former member of the First Council of the Seventy; Sister Norma Creer Harbertson, wife of Elder Robert B. Harbertson, former member of the Seventy; Sister Margaret Romney Jackson Judd, former counselor in the Young Women General Presidency; Leonard James Arrington, former Church historian; Glenn E. Nielson, former member of the Church Finance Committee.