The ten countries which experienced the largest increases in the number of LDS congregations between 2000 and 2010 included:
- United States - +2,039 - 13,601
- Mexico - +237 - 2,009
- Brazil - +162 - 1,925
- Nigeria - +112 - 306
- Ghana - +59 - 121
- Democratic Republic of Congo - +58 - 95
- Venezuela - +53 - 274
- Argentina - +49 - 841
- South Africa - +47 - 147
- Papua New Guinea - +34 - 65
- Chile - -260 - 620
- Philippines - -57 - 1,100
- Guatemala - -36 - 415
- Panama - -32 - 78
- United Kingdom - -32 - 333
- South Korea - -31 - 139
- Japan - -31 - 286
- Ecuador - -31 - 300
- Italy - -30 - 99
- Portugal - -19 - 68
- Suriname - +500% - 6
- Togo - +400% - 5
- Cameroon - +400% -5
- Ethiopia - +300% - 4
- Guyana - +275% - 15
- Mozambique - +260% - 18
- Madagascar - +250% - 28
- Vanuatu - +189% - 26
- Cote d'Ivoire - +159% - 44
- Democratic Republic of Congo - +157% - 95
- Niue - -50% - 2
- Belgium - -35% - 17
- Chile - -30% - 620
- Panama - -29% - 78
- Poland - -28% - 13
- Italy - -23% - 99
- Netherlands - -23% - 13
- Austria - -23% - 17
- Portugal - -22% - 68
- Sweden - -22% - 40
- Iraq - 6 branches
- Afghanistan - 5 branches
- Benin - 3 branches
- Georgia - 2 branches
- St. Lucia - 2 branches
- Bosnia and Herzegovina - 1 branch
- Burma - 1 branch
- Burundi - 1 branch
- Djibouti - 1 branch
- Dominica - 1 branch
- Kazakhstan - 1 branch
- Kosovo - 1 branch
- Laos - 1 branch
- Macedonia - 1 branch (administrative)
- Montenegro - 1 branch (administrative)
- Nepal - 1 branch
- Rwanda - 1 branch
- Sudan - 1 branch
- Turks and Caicos Islands - 1 branch
5 comments:
Thanks for posting.
Is there any correlation between member activity rates and proximity of an LDS temple?
That's a difficult question Jeff. Often higher member activity rates merit the announcement of a temple in a given area but the construction of a new temple often does not significantly affect member activity rates in a given area. There is often increased reactivation successes with temple open houses, but the long-term effects of these efforts are mixed.
Another new branch has been created in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, taking the total up to 102.
This is an increase of 7 already since the statistical report.
Matt,
what is the main cause of decline in Chile and the Phillippines? In the 90s, those countries grew faster than our abilities to absorb.
Does the shrinkage merely reflect consolidation for strategic purposes, or an actual decline in active membership?
The Church is not declining in Chile and the Philippines. Annual membership growth rates slowed substantially in both countries during the first half of the 2000s but in recent years have begun to increase again. As for the decline in the number of congregations, this primarily occurred because congregations were organized with few active members. Many wards in Chile appeared to have 50 or fewer active members in the late 1990s whereas today many wards have between 100 and 200 active members. Congregational decline ended in both countries in the late 2000s and in recent years as begun to slowly increase again, signifying a stabilization of leadership and a move toward expanding national outreach as opposed to consolidating units for centers of strengths. Nevertheless, serious member activity challenges remain in both nations.
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