This is the Seventh-day Adventist Church's own official annual statistical report, presenting 2023 baptized membership data compiled by the Office of Archives, Statistics and Research and presented at the denomination's 2024 Annual Council. As the denomination's own official return it is the correct primary source for what the Church itself reports about its membership figures, in its own official accounting. Its limit is exactly that status, it is a self-reported figure produced by the organization it describes, so it should be read as the denomination's own account of its size rather than an independently audited external count, and a claim comparing Adventist growth against other denominations should note that different bodies may compile comparable figures using different methodologies.
Facts
Citation
AuthorOffice of Archives, Statistics and Research, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
PublisherGeneral Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Publication Year2024
URLhttps://www.adventistresearch.info/
Source TypeOfficial statistical return
Custodian
Custodian SourceYes
Custodian BodyOffice of Archives, Statistics and Research, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Custodian BasisThe denomination own annual statistical return about itself. Authoritative for what it counts; it is not an independent demographic study.
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
The General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists' own official annual statistical return, the primary institutional record of the denomination's own membership data. NotesThe denomination's own return of baptised membership, presented at the 2024 Annual Council. A self-reported figure.
Claims Backed By This Source (34 claims)
This source backs 34 claims across the atlas. As facts: 29 well-attested. Plus 5 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 11 claims: 11 well-attested.
- Religious Offices, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Sacred Sites, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Articles, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.
- Organizations, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 general references.
- Denominations, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
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