Facts and Statistics
Updated on 31 December 2011El Salvador
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In 1948, President Arwell L. Pierce of the Mexican Mission assigned the first missionaries to preach in El Salvador. In February 1951, a conference was held in San Salvador with a Church Apostle, Elder Albert E. Bowen, in attendance. One month later, the first 12 converts were baptized at Apulo Beach at Lake Ilopango. In 1965, there were 4,200 members in El Salvador.
By 1989, the Church in El Salvador was able to use local missionaries to sustain its missionary force. In 1986, membership was 15,100, and in 1990, membership was 38,000. Membership doubled in the next eight years.
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Total Church Membership |
111,969 |
Missions |
2 |
Congregations |
162 |
Temples |
1 |
Statistics for North America
Total Church Membership |
8,521,430 |
Missions |
152 |
Congregations |
17,506 |
Temples |
91 |
Family History Centers |
2,311 |
Worldwide Statistics
Total Church Membership |
14,441,346 |
Missions |
340 |
Missionaries |
55,410 |
Missionary Training Centers |
15 |
Temples |
136 |
Congregations |
28,784 |
Universities & Colleges |
4 |
Seminary Students Enrollment |
375,388 |
Institute Student Enrollment |
352,441 |
Family History Centers |
4,676 |
Countries with Family History Centers |
128 |
Countries Receiving Humanitarian Aid (Since 1985) |
179 |
Welfare Services Missionaries (Incl. Humanitarian Service Missionaries) |
9,251 |
Church Materials Languages |
176 |
Statistics by Country
