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Review and Herald, Vol. 90, No. 26.

Sabbathless Christianity
Earlier text: Church and Conference Work

Church and Conference Work

Name of conference or mission Organized a Population No. of churches Membership No. of companies Membership No. of isolated Sabbath-keepers Total Sabbath-keepers Total tithe receipts Tithe per capita No. of church buildings Estimated value Approximate seating capacity Ordained ministers Licensed ministers Licensed missionaries Book and periodical colporteurs Total laborers Retail value of book and periodical sales
Scandinavian Union Conf. 1901 — — — — — — — 95.94 — — — — 1 — — — 2 —
1 Scandinavian Un. Dist. 1912 1,000,000 2 434 — — — 434 6,224.00 14.36 1 a 300 2 — 4 — 7 —
2 Danish Conference 1880 1,750,000 21 616 — — — 616 5,871.31 9.53 3 2,500.00 265 2 2 7 19 23 19,029.00
3 East Norwegian Conf. 1887 1,681,993 21 688 — — — 688 6,317.95 9.18 3 17,030.00 500 3 2 5 — 10 10,963.91
4 Finnish Conference 1909 3,115,19 9 247 3 23 15 285 3,249.48 11.40 — — — 1 2 3 18 25 9,213.28
5 Swedish Conference 1882 3,183,40 26 791 — — — 791 5,125.07 6.48 2 1,366.00 375 5 1 6 25 37 24,073.42
6 West Norwegian Conf. 1912 710,76 7 351 — — — 351 3,568.54 10.17 — — — 1 2 4 21 28 10,000.00
7 Iceland Mission — 98,15 1 32 — — — 32 279.53 8.73 — — — — 1 2 — 2 117.41
8 North Swedish Mission — 802,00 2 33 — — 14 47 661.27 14.07 — — — 1 — 2 — 3 —
9 South Swedish Mission — 1,537,000 4 113 — — 34 147 1,069.45 7.27 — — — 1 1 2 — 4 —
Totals — 13,878,454 93 3,305 3 23 63 3,391 32,462.54 9.57 9 20,896.00 1,440 17 12 33 83 149 73,397.02
Siberian Union Mission 1911 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
10 East Siberian Mission 1911 2,991,000 5 62 — — — 62 754.75 12.16 1 200.00 100 2 — 1 1 4 106.64
11 Turkestan Mission 1911 7,621,500 5 109 — — — 109 476.54 4.37 — — — 2 — 1 1 4 17.47
12 Ural Mission 1911 18,327,300 14 252 — — — 252 845.81 3.36 — — — 2 — 3 3 8 538.46
13 Volga Mission 1911 9,590,900 16 288 — — — 288 710.05 2.40 — — — 2 — 5 1 8 5.48
14 West Siberian Mission 1911 9,197,300 24 366 — — — 366 1,428.24 3.90 1 200.00 100 2 1 2 3 8 244.72
Totals — 47,728,000 64 1,077 — — — 1,077 4,215.39 3.91 2 400.00 200 10 1 12 9 32 912.77
West German Un. Conf. 1909 — — — — — — — — — 2 — 600 1 1 1 — 7 70,000.00
15 West German Un. Dist. 1909 2,751,913 3 438 12 259 3 750 10,740.18 14.32 — — — 2 2 6 20 39 4,752.70
16 Bavarian Conference 1910 6,950,300 4 269 12 271 16 556 6,564.70 11.81 — — — 3 2 6 18 29 5,055.90
17 German-Swiss Conf. 1901 2,865,000 4 350 16 285 32 667 8,313.25 12.46 — — — 6 2 2 24 34 10,260.60
18 Hessian Conference 1912 2,726,723 4 343 9 77 — 420 7,161.32 17.05 — — — 2 — 5 21 28 5,691.20
19 Lower Rhenish Conf. 1911 3,757,650 12 764 13 259 3 1,026 12,453.90 12.14 — — — 3 4 8 32 47 6,925.60
20 Middle German Conf. 1909 5,219,768 6 281 31 495 23 799 18,041.61 22.58 — — — 4 5 8 47 64 9,880.60
21 North German Conf. 1907 3,723,712 10 405 14 241 4 650 8,247.72 12.69 — — — 3 2 9 27 41 7,597.80
22 South German Conf. 1902 5,906,800 5 242 21 357 5 604 7,949.09 13.16 — — — 4 — 8 33 45 12,430.90
23 Upper Rhenish Conf. 1911 3,630,000 7 350 6 63 — 413 4,980.10 12.06 — — — 2 2 6 9 19 2,537.20
24 Westphalian Conf. 1912 4,223,000 6 175 12 238 — 413 5,408.31 13.09 — — — 3 — 5 27 35 6,305.20
25 Wurtemburg Conf. 1912 2,506,620 4 216 17 232 3 451 6,443.66 14.29 — — — 2 1 3 21 27 10,094.70
26 Austrian Mission — 9,693,000 2 53 11 131 21 205 3,844.61 18.75 — — — 3 5 8 8 24 1,445.60
27 Belgian Mission — 7,451,900 3 110 4 20 — 130 1,455.23 10.32 — — — 1 3 7 — 11 2.00
28 Bohemian Mission — 6,774,000 1 14 5 110 24 158 2,055.92 13.01 — — — 2 — 4 3 12 501.60
29 Holland Mission — 5,858,175 1 53 9 205 6 264 2,601.28 9.86 — — — 2 3 4 23 34 6,802.30
30 Moravian-Silesian Miss. — 3,378,000 2 49 15 228 9 256 4,264.24 14.91 — — — 1 1 3 7 12 954.30
Totals — 77,416,561 74 4,172 207 3,480 149 7,801 110,505.12 14.17 2 — 600 44 33 93 331 508 161,238.20
European Div. Missions — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
31 Abyssinian Mission 1907 8,279,550 1 6 — — — 6 148.04 24.67 — — — 1 1 2 — 4 —
32 British East Afr. Miss. — 7,543,814 2 65 — — — 65 116.29 1.79 — — — 3 — 2 — 4 —
33 Egyptian Mission 1903 15,299,500 1 17 — — — 17 279.54 16.44 — — — 2 — 1 3 10 88.92
34 German Pare Mission 1903 8,004,227 1 96 — — — 96 360.37 3.75 — — — 2 3 2 — 5 —
35 Ger. Vis. Nyanza Miss. — — 3 35 — — — 35 595.68 17.02 — — — 2 9 3 — 14 —
36 North Afr. Miss. — 4,430,000 — — 3 22 — 22 208.86 9.49 — — — 1 1 1 — 3 —
37 Persian Mission 1911 14,055,000 — — 1 2 — 2 65.50 32.75 — — — — — 1 — 2 —
38 Syria-Arabia Miss. — 4,288,600 2 32 — — 2 34 459.64 13.52 — — — 1 — 4 1 6 131.67
Totals — 61,900,691 10 251 4 24 2 277 2,233.92 8.06 — — — 12 14 17 4 51 220.59
South African Union Conf. 1902 — — — — — — — 3,773.97 — — — — 5 14 28 — 47 —
39 Cape Free State Conf. 1902 2,800,000 26 580 7 25 54 659 13,121.86 19.93 7 11,103.60 930 5 1 7 6 19 12,062.39
40 Natal-Transvaal Conf. 1902 2,750,000 5 153 4 43 44 240 5,028.13 20.95 3 9,137.34 440 2 1 14 8 25 10,153.95
41 Barotseland Miss. 1905 400,000 1 53 — — — 53 839.66 6.41 — — — 1 1 4 — 2 —
42 Basutoland Mission 1899 260,000 1 10 2 22 2 34 75.61 2.22 — — — — 1 1 — 2 —
43 Emmanuel Mission 1910 200,000 — — 1 4 5 9 127.74 14.19 — — — — 2 1 — 3 4.38
44 Maranatha Mission 1906 1,650,000 1 41 1 — — 41 104.89 2.56 1 365.25 150 — — 4 — 4 —
45 Nyasaland Mission 1902 1,200,000 2 204 — — — 204 206.43 1.01 — — — 1 2 2 — 5 —
46 Solusi Mission 1894 150,000 1 100 — — 5 105 325.93 3.10 1 487.00 200 1 1 2 — 4 243.50
47 Somabula Mission 1901 650,000 1 78 — — — 78 232.22 2.98 1 121.75 200 — 1 4 1 6 225.42
48 Tsungwezi Mission 1910 500,000 1 20 — — — 20 169.29 8.46 1 243.50 150 — — 3 — 4 —
49 Zulu Mission 1910 — 1 18 — — — 18 154.38 8.58 — — — — — 1 — 2 —
Totals — 10,560,000 34 1,257 15 94 110 1,461 23,670.13 16.20 14 21,458.44 2,070 17 24 71 15 127 22,689.64
South Amer. Union Conf. 1906 — — — — — — — — — — — — 4 — 6 — 10 —
50 Argentine Conference 1901 7,285,960 14 760 — — — 760 9,942.65 13.08 3 3,400.00 300 5 3 13 7 26 14,275.30
51 Chile Conference 1907 3,500,000 17 500 — — — 500 3,950.98 7.90 — — — 5 — 3 7 15 9,789.38
52 Alto-Parana Mission 1906 800,000 7 198 2 9 1 208 1,512.94 7.27 — — — 2 — 3 3 5 1,655.00
53 Bolivia Mission 1907 1,954,000 — — 1 7 — 7 91.67 13.10 — — — 1 1 2 — 4 542.50
54 Ecuador Mission 1906 1,500,000 1 12 — — — 12 191.51 15.96 — — — 1 — 1 — 2 588.00
55 Peru Mission 1906 4,559,500 4 144 7 26 7 177 1,031.61 5.83 — — — 2 1 2 6 11 2,734.15
56 Uruguay Mission 1906 1,200,000 3 80 1 8 10 98 3,968.30 40.49 — — — 1 — 4 — 2 100.00
Totals — 20,799,510 46 1,694 11 50 18 1,762 20,689.06 11.74 3 3,400.00 300 19 5 31 23 78 29,684.33
Brazilian Union Conf. 1911 — — — — — — — — — — — — 1 — — — 2 —
57 Parana Conference 1910 375,000 4 150 — — — 150 1,778.45 11.86 1 300.00 100 1 — 1 — 3 —
58 Rio Grande do Sul Conf. 1906 1,600,000 10 399 9 117 47 563 6,083.75 10.77 12 12,900.00 1,050 2 2 2 8 14 —
59 Santa Catharina Conf. 1906 425,000 6 161 10 140 2 303 2,641.63 8.72 4 700.00 250 1 2 — 3 6 —
60 East Brazil Mission 1910 4,472,000 1 19 5 88 32 139 774.37 5.56 — — — 1 1 1 10 13 —
61 North Brazil Mission 1906 9,003,000 1 55 1 12 — 67 873.78 13.04 1 500.00 50 — — — — — —
62 Rio Espirito Santo Miss. 1910 2,520,000 5 150 — — — 150 1,689.50 11.26 2 1,000.00 120 1 2 — — 3 —
63 Sao Paulo Mission 1906 3,400,000 3 70 — — 70 140 2,405.93 17.18 1 600.00 100 — — 2 6 8 —
Totals — 21,795,000 30 1,004 25 357 151 1,512 16,227.41 10.73 21 16,000.00 1,680 7 7 6 27 49 —
Amount of tithe appropriated to fields outside of conference Total offerings to foreign missions (except as noted under 28 and 36) Total contributions for home missions work Total contributions for local church work Sabbath-School Dept. Number of Sabbath-schools Membership Total Sabbath-school contributions Total Sabbath-school offerings to foreign missions Educational Department Number of church-schools Number of teachers Total enrolment Estimated value of buildings and equipment Expense of annual maintenance Missionary Volunteer Dept. Number of young people’s societies Membership Contributions for foreign work Contributions for home mission work Contributions for local society work Total contributions
— 739.99 — — 4 293 341.24 341.24 — — — — — — — — — — —
— 1,167.28 — — 28 518 562.63 562.63 1 1 22 20.00 150.00 1 21 — — — —
— 853.63 — — 28 557 609.77 609.77 3 2 40 40.00 300.00 3 85 — — — —
— 475.09 2,526.53 — 18 237 225.56 225.56 — — — — — — — — — — —
— 1,458.37 — — 50 518 449.53 449.53 — — — — — — — — — —
— 474.02 — — 10 283 299.87 299.87 — — — — — 2 75 — 36.69 — 36.69
— 26.41 — — 1 25 22.96 22.96 — — — — — — — — — — —
— 54.40 — — 4 40 70.77 70.77 — — — — — — — — — —
— 72.47 — — 13 105 140.00 140.00 — — — — — — — — — —
— 5,321.66 2,526.53 — 166 2,576 2,822.33 2,822.33 4 3 62 60.00 450.00 6 181 — 36.69 — 36.69
— 47.63 — — 5 82 114.56 114.56 — — — — — — — — — —
— 75.07 — — 5 158 94.81 94.81 — — — — — — — — — —
— 103.91 — — 14 330 85.05 85.05 — — — — — — — — — —
— 89.73 — — 16 354 102.17 102.17 — — — — — — — — — —
— 112.34 — — 24 492 135.68 135.68 — — — — — — — — — —
— 427.68 — — 64 1,416 532.27 532.27 — — — — — — — — — —
— 2,301.58 3,417.00 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
— 3,611.60 2,440.22 — 15 782 1,251.30 1,251.30 — — — — — 3 75 36.60 14.52 — 51.12
— 599.54 965.38 — 16 629 558.18 558.18 — — — — — — — — — — —
— 1,080.80 2,319.32 — 20 548 828.35 828.35 — — — — — — — — — —
— 1,715.60 1,720.73 — 19 477 361.39 361.39 — — — — — 3 63 23.32 46.23 24.04 93.59
— 2,753.46 2,380.84 — 25 1,241 939.75 939.75 — — — — — 5 65 — — — —
— 7,285.01 2,005.89 — 27 881 963.16 963.16 — — — — — 5 61 23.40 5.65 — 29.05
— 1,527.62 2,008.82 — 24 572 620.80 620.80 — — — — — 4 95 10.80 .42 — 11.22
— 715.42 1,574.87 — 26 649 675.27 675.27 — — — — — — — — — — —
— 448.31 704.06 — 10 358 395.98 395.98 — — — — — 2 — — — — —
— 567.47 660.26 — 12 395 437.61 437.61 — — — — — 3 33 — — — —
— 2,322.54 1,724.79 — 20 508 616.41 616.41 — — — — — — — — — — —
— 346.01 667.19 — 14 199 360.43 360.43 — — — — — — — — — —
— 129.17 471.24 — 6 142 143.20 143.20 — — — — — 2 28 — — — —
— 185.03 444.52 — 6 127 191.96 191.96 — — — — — — — — — —
— 234.13 464.97 — 10 280 180.12 180.12 — — — — — 2 12 — — — —
— 1,658.32 781.27 — 17 291 364.58 364.58 — — — — — — — — — —
— 25,179.92 23,749.95 3,417.00 277 8,079 8,888.49 8,888.49 — — — — — 29 432 94.12 66.82 24.04 184.98
— 30.45 — — 1 6 12.95 12.95 — — — — — — — — — —
— 8.81 — — 2 65 21.40 21.40 — — — — — — — — — —
— 68.36 — — 1 17 30.97 30.97 — — — — — — — — — —
— 104.60 — — 1 96 22.23 22.23 — — — — — — — — — —
— 126.16 — — 3 35 84.47 84.47 — — — — — — — — — —
— 16.84 — — 3 40 58.93 58.93 — — — — — — — — — —
— — — — — — 8.37 8.37 — — — — — — — — — —
— 83.46 — — 3 34 46.47 46.47 — — — — — — — — — —
— 438.68 — — 14 293 285.79 285.79 — — — — — — — — — —
— 76.70 2,553.46 2,142.80 42 600 1,030.70 1,030.70 1 1 19 292.20 121.75 1 26 — — — —
— 361.72 829.30 438.30 13 182 568.82 568.82 2 2 45 949.65 292.20 2 38 — 51.99 — 51.99
— 172.70 6.39 — 1 47 39.57 39.57 — — — — — — — — — —
— 1.10 11.75 1.10 2 29 — — 2 2 30 29.83 426.13 — — — — — —
— 11.32 6.58 — 1 22 — — 1 1 20 146.10 72.05 — — — — — —
— — 28.96 — 2 72 41.46 41.46 3 5 87 1,733.72 2,435.00 — — — — — —
— — 20.22 — 3 250 23.46 23.46 38 40 1,485 — — — — — — — —
— 5.48 53.51 — 1 130 44.34 44.34 1 2 75 365.25 2,212.31 — — — — — —
— — 18.26 — 6 146 15.71 15.71 6 7 88 — 509.16 — — — — — —
— 2.86 66.11 — 1 90 32.39 32.39 1 4 75 — — — — — — — —
— — 12.66 — 1 30 6.09 6.09 1 2 — — — — — — — — —
— 631.88 3,616.20 2,582.80 73 1,578 1,802.54 1,802.54 56 66 1,924 3,516.75 6,068.60 3 64 — 51.99 — 51.99
— — 2,257.00 — 32 845 1,555.00 1,555.00 — — — — — 3 72 — 46.75 35.30 82.05
— — 600.98 58.87 43 598 842.22 842.22 — — — — — 3 32 — — — —
— — 143.00 — 10 281 274.16 274.16 — — — — — — — — — —
— — 38.38 — 1 8 16.60 16.60 — — — — — — — — — —
— — 13.33 — 3 25 12.38 12.38 — — — — — — — — — —
— — 213.16 119.40 18 354 174.52 174.52 — — — — — — — — — —
— — 117.63 — 5 114 154.15 154.15 — — — — — — — — — —
— — 3,383.28 178.27 112 2,225 3,029.03 3,029.03 — — — — — 6 104 — 46.75 35.30 82.05
— — — — 14 260 244.30 244.30 — — — — — — — — — —
— — — — 30 690 646.71 646.71 5 5 84 — — 2 32 — — — —
— — — — 25 370 218.75 218.75 4 4 70 — — — — — — — —
— — — — 5 75 88.90 88.90 — — — — — — — — — —
— — — — 1 60 44.40 44.40 — — — — — — — — — —
— — — — 7 299 88.75 88.75 — — — — — — — — — —
— — — — 9 167 225.65 225.65 — — — — — — — — — —
— — — — 91 1,901 1,557.46 1,557.46 9 9 154 — — 2 82 — — — —
Building used partly as office for headquarters, value of which is included in Financial Statement, under “Ebenezer.” This is true also in West German Union.
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