Secretary's Statistical Report Annual

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1 Secretary's Statistical Report Annual Page 1 of 6 Organization Reporting: Date Sent: Submitted by: Secretariat's Authorized Signature Date Received: For Year: 20 1 ORGANIZATION 2a 2b 3 4a 4b 4c 4d 5a 5b 5c 5d 5e 6 CHURCHES COMPANIES CHURCH MEMBERSHIP AT BEGINNING OF YEAR MEMBERS ADDED DURING YEAR Baptisms Professions of Faith Letters Received Letters Granted MEMBERS SUBTRACTED DURING YEAR Deaths Dropped Missing Adjustments Adjustments CHURCH MEMBERSHIP AT END OF YEAR (List Division or Union name below) TOTALS See page 4 for instructions.

2 Page 2 of 6 Organization Reporting: For Year: a 22b 23a 23b 24 25a 25b 26a 26b SABBATH SCHOOLS DENOMINATIONAL EMPLOYEES ORGANIZATION Sabbath Schools Ministerial Sabbath School Membership Commissioned Minister Comm. Ministry of Teaching Administrative Ministries Missionary Ministerial Commissioned Minister Comm. Ministry of Teaching Administrative Ministries Missionary Literature Evangelist or All Other Regular Total Active Honorary/ Emeritus Only (List Division or Union name below) TOTALS See page 4 for instructions.

3 Secretary's Statistical Report Annual Denominationally Employed Workers Classified by Type of Employment Organization Reporting: Page 3 of 6 For Year: Type of Employment Type of or Evangelistic and Pastoral GENERAL EMPLOYEES Administrative, Promotional, Office, and Miscellaneous Primary School Teachers Bible Instructors Literature Evangelists Tertiary Inst., Worker Training Inst., and Secondary School Teachers ACTIVE EMPLOYEES INSTITUTIONAL EMPLOYEES Others in Educational Institutions Food Industry Hospital and Sanitarium Others in Healthcare Institutions Media Center Publishing House and Branch Other Institutions* TOTAL ACTIVE EMPLOY- EES RETIRED EMPLOYEES Honorary/ Emeritus ed Ministerial Commissioned Minister Commissioned Ministry of Teaching Administrative Ministries Missionary Ministerial Commissioned Minister Commissioned Ministry of Teaching Administrative Ministries Missionary Literature Evangelist or ed Only All Other Regular TOTALS See page 4 for instructions.

4 Page 4 of 6 Instructions for Completing Pages 1-3 SECRETARY S ANNUAL STATISTICAL REPORT FORM General Important. Accuracy is essential. Other reports and comparisons, as well as analyses and research, will be based on these figures. Neatness and clarity are essential. Submit an original typed copy or a computer-generated reproduction of this form. (See deadline data at end of instructions.) Presentation of Figures. See that all figures are properly punctuated. Separate the millions, thousands, and hundreds with commas. Do not use decimals. If you are using an electronic form, do not have the computer do the rounding, enter only whole numbers. Validity of Data. Be sure that the totals for each of the columns 4a through 5e agree with the sum of the matching columns of the four quarterly reports. Also, be sure that each total of columns 2a, 2b and 6 agrees with the totals given on the fourth quarter s report form. Scope. The purpose of this and the quarterly reports is to record a brief but comprehensive picture of the church=s status in each field. Membership data is to be an accurate summary of local church membership rolls. Sabbath School data should give as accurate a picture as possible. Finally, denominational employee data must account for every full time regular employee. INSTRUCTIONS BY COLUMN (The number of the instruction corresponds with the number of the column on the report form.) Page 1 1. Organization. Use the latest SDA Yearbook as a guide for correct and full English names and their correct alphabetical order. Use a separate form for each union conference/mission. List the union=s name first, followed by all fields (except attached fields) in alphabetical order, whether they are conferences, missions, or fields. Report attached fields last. Finally, prepare a recapitulation listing the name of the division on the first line, followed by the unions in alphabetical order, and attached fields after the last union. Place the division totals on the bottom line. (This arrangement is identical to that shown in the Annual Statistical Report.) 2a. Churches. All regularly organized churches, including the conference/mission church, are to be reported. This figure must be identical with that reported for the fourth quarter. 2b. Companies. All companies recognized by the conference/mission are to be reported. This figure must be identical with that reported for the fourth quarter. 3. Church Membership at Beginning of Year. This figure must be identical with the closing membership for the previous year. 4a-5e. Members Added... Members Subtracted. The additions and subtractions reported here, when combined with the figures in column 3 must equal that reported in column 6. They represent all four quarters of the year being reported. 6. Church Membership at End of Year. This figure must be identical with that reported for the fourth quarter. When adding the sum of column 3 plus columns 4a, 4b, 4c, and 4d minus columns 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, and 5e, you should get the same total as the fourth quarter report. Page Sabbath Schools. Count each church and/or company that has a Sabbath School program as one. Do not count Branch Sabbath Schools as they are part of an organized or mother church. Do not count the individual Sabbath School classes at a local church as separate Sabbath Schools. 16. Sabbath School Membership. The Sabbath School Membership count should include all those attending the various Sabbath School classes/divisions (including Cradle Roll, Kindergarten, Primary, etc.) at each Sabbath School location. s and s These should agree with your s and s Committee. Remember: no person shall be included in more than one category at the same time. Missionary s and Missionary s are to be issued to nonministerial employees. See GC Policy E a-24. ed. Ministerial credential, commissioned minister credential, commissioned ministry of teaching credential, administrative ministries credential (NAD only), and missionary credential to whom the local conference or mission has granted credentials, whether in conference or institutional work, are to be reported in their respective columns. Bible instructor credentials are to be reported as missionary credentials, unless they have been commissioned. GC Policy E a-27. d. to whom a conference or mission has granted licenses should be reported in their respective columns, whether employed by conferences or institutions. Bible instructor licenses are to be reported as missionary licenses unless they have been commissioned. 28. Literature Evangelist and. Only regular book and periodical literature evangelists who hold literature evangelist credentials or licenses are to be reported in this column. 29. All Other Regular. Include here all conference and mission employees to whom credentials or licenses have not been issued, such as office assistants, helpers, academy or church school teachers, etc., who are working full time and receiving denominational pay. Do not include lay preachers or others not on denominational payrolls. 30. Total Active. This figure is the total of columns 22a-29. The vertical total for this column is to be checked against the horizontal grand total of all totals in columns 22a-29. These two figures are to be the same. 31. Honorary/Emeritus ed. Retirement beneficiaries and others receiving honorary/emeritus credentials will be reported by the unions granting such papers. On the union line, report all such employees in one figure for each union. Page 3 Table: Denominationally Employed Workers Classified by Type of Employment. Please refer to the GC Working Policy E 05 for guidelines: This table summarizes all employees in the division. Each employee is to be accounted for by row and by column. The rows provide space for all credentials and licenses. (Bible instructors= credentials and licenses have been discontinued; use the missionary credential or license row as needed unless they have been commissioned.) The columns provide space for denominationally employed workers by type of employment. Example: A licensed missionary who works in an educational institution but is not a teacher would be tabulated in the box where the row and the AOthers in Educational Institutions@ column intersect. List honorary/emeritus (retired) credentialed employees in the last column only, grouped according to type of credentials held. Do not list any who are licensed. (See GC Working Policy, E ) The row totals for each credential and license category must equal the column totals of columns 22a to 29 on page 2. The total of the column ATotal must equal the total of column 30 on page 2. The total of the column AHonorary/Emeritus must equal the total of column 31 on page 2. Submission: Divisions are to submit a single summary sheet of the entire division plus a sheet for each of the unions (and attached fields) of page 3. Reporting Deadlines for Annual Report: Overseas Divisions..March 31 (Exception General Conference Session year, reports must be received in Archives and Statistics at the GC no later than March 1.) North American Division.February 28 General Conference Office of Archives and Statistics

5 Secretary's Statistical Report Annual Page 5 of 6 Organization Reporting: NORTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISION (NSD) Submitted by: Secretariat's Authorized Signature Date Sent Date Received For Year: Division, Union, and Country Churches Companies Church Membership Ordained Ministers NORTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISION Chinese Union Mission China Hong Kong SAR Macao SAR Taiwan Japan Union Conference Korean Union Conference Korea, Democratic People's Rep of (N. Korean Mission) Korea, Republic of Attached Field Mongolia Statistics should agree with those reported on pages 1 and 2 of. See page 6 for instructions.

6 Instructions for Completing Page 5 SECRETARY'S STATISTICAL REPORT ANNUAL FORM S-4s Page 6 of 6 Purpose. The information you report on page 5 will be published in the Global Mission part of the next Annual Statistical Report. Preprinted Information. Your report form contains preprinted information. Column 1 is filled in with the names of the countries in your division or attached field listed by union for ease in reporting. Columns 2, 3, 4, and 5 contain shading to block out those countries for which information is already available from pages 1 and 2 of Annual Report. INSTRUCTIONS BY COLUMN: (The number of the instruction corresponds with the number of the column on page 5 of the report form.) 1. Division, Union, and Country. This column will be filled in when you receive the form. 2. Churches. Enter the number of churches for each country in the spaces that are unshaded. 3. Companies. Enter the number of companies for each country in the spaces that are unshaded. 4. Church Membership. Enter the church membership for each country in the spaces that are unshaded. 5. Ordained Ministers. Enter the number of ordained ministers working in each country in the spaces that are unshaded. Do not include those who appear on the union and division lines on page 2 of (those who serve in administrative positions at the NOTE: Information for columns 2, 3, 4, and 5 is needed only for countries that lie within conference or mission boundaries. These are the unshaded rows of the report form. For other countries the information is available on pages 1 and 2 of Annual Report Form NOTE: When the shaded rows are filled in by Office of Archives and Statistics and those figures are added to the figures you provide, the totals should agree with Pages 1 and 2 of. Reporting Deadline for this form: All divisions - March 31 (Except GC Session year, due date March 1) General Conference Office of Archives and Statistics