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growth5 (church growth by number of missions ** )

Church growth, as indicated by the number of missions of the Church


  Year ending      Number of missions     Increase during period
                                1 Dec 1970              92                         --
                               31 Dec 1971              98                          6
                               31 Dec 1972             101                          3
                               31 Dec 1973             108                          7
                               31 Dec 1974             113                          5
                               31 Dec 1975             134                         21
                               31 Dec 1976             148                         14
                               31 Dec 1977             157                          9
                               31 Dec 1978             166                          9
                               31 Dec 1979             175                          9
                               31 Dec 1980             188                         13
                               31 Dec 1981             186                         -2
                               31 Dec 1982             180                         -6
                               31 Dec 1983             177                         -3
                               31 Dec 1984             180                          3
                               31 Dec 1985             188                          8
                               31 Dec 1986             194                          6
                               31 Dec 1987             205                         11
                               31 Dec 1988             222                         17
                               31 Dec 1989             228                          6
                               31 Dec 1990             256                         28
                               31 Dec 1991             267                         11
                               31 Dec 1992             276                          9
                               31 Dec 1993             295                         19
                               31 Dec 1994             303                          8
                               31 Dec 1995             307                          4
                               31 Dec 1996             309                          2
                               31 Dec 1997             318                          9
                               31 Dec 1998             331                         13
                               31 Dec 1999             333                          2
                               31 Dec 2000             334                          1
                               31 Dec 2001             333                         -1
                               31 Dec 2002             335                          2
                               31 Dec 2003             337                          2
                               31 Dec 2004             338                          1
                               31 Dec 2005             341                          3
                               31 Dec 2006             344                          3
                               31 Dec 2007             348                          4
                               31 Dec 2008             348                          0
                               31 Dec 2009             344                         -4
                               31 Dec 2010             340                         -4
                               31 Dec 2011             340                          0
                               31 Dec 2012             347                          7
                               31 Dec 2013             405                         58
                               31 Dec 2014             406                          1
                               31 Dec 2015             418                         12
                               31 Dec 2016             421                          3
                               31 Dec 2017             421                          0
                               31 Dec 2018             407                        -14
                               31 Dec 2019             399                         -8
                               31 Dec 2020             405                          6
                               31 Dec 2021             407                          2
                               31 Dec 2022             411                          4

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