News Release

2016 Statistical Report for 2017 April Conference

Church membership at 15.9 million

CHURCH UNITS

Stakes................................................................................. 3,266

Missions................................................................................. 421

Districts.................................................................................. 556

Wards and Branches.......................................................... 30,304

CHURCH MEMBERSHIP

Total membership........................................................ 15,882,417

New children of record during 2016................................. 109,246

Converts baptized during 2016......................................... 240,131

MISSIONARIES

Full-time Missionaries ........................................................ 70,946

Church-service Missionaries............................................... 33,695

TEMPLES

Temples dedicated during 2016.................................................. 6

Provo City Center
Sapporo Japan
Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Fort Collins Colorado
Star Valley Wyoming
Hartford Connecticut

Temples rededicated during 2016............................................... 2

Suva Fiji
Freiburg Germany

Temples in operation at the end of 2016.................................. 155

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