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CARIBBEAN UNION CONFERENCE (1955-Present)
Parent Field:  INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION (1922-Present)
Sub Fields: East Caribbean Conference (1960-2005)
Grenada Conference (2003-2005)
Guyana Conference (1966-2005)
North Caribbean Conference (1976-2005)
Saint Lucia Mission (1999-2005)
South Caribbean Conference (1943-2005)
Suriname Mission (1992-2005)
Tobago Mission (2003-2005)
Historical Names: CARIBBEAN UNION MISSION (1943-1954)
CARIBBEAN UNION CONFERENCE (1955-Present)
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Entry:  		 Caribbean Union Conference

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Field Name Churches Beginning
Membership		 Accessions
(Bapt&POF)		 Deaths Dropped
& Missing		 Ending
Membership		 Ord & Lic
Ministers
East Caribbean Conference 113 34,966 858 86 126 35,661 40
Grenada Conference 39 10,572 1,007 37 113 11,380 15
Guyana Conference 138 45,730 1,662 14 27 47,331 26
North Caribbean Conference 64 22,652 315 53 100 22,851 45
Saint Lucia Mission 35 14,395 248 8 6 14,627 16
South Caribbean Conference 116 51,236 1,393 116 40 52,457 68
Suriname Mission 17 3,415 35 0 0 3,450 6
Tobago Mission 30 7,271 288 17 42 7,498 11
CARIBBEAN UNION CONFERENCE 552 190,237 5,806 331 454 195,255 249
Field Name Accession Rate Death Rate Dropped/
Missing Rate		 Members/
Accession		 Members/
Church		 Churches/
Minister		 Members/
Minister
East Caribbean Conference 2.45% 0.25% 0.36% 40.75 315.58 2.83 891.53
Grenada Conference 9.53% 0.35% 1.07% 10.50 291.79 2.60 758.67
Guyana Conference 3.63% 0.03% 0.06% 27.52 342.98 5.31 1,820.42
North Caribbean Conference 1.39% 0.23% 0.44% 71.91 357.05 1.42 507.80
Saint Lucia Mission 1.72% 0.06% 0.04% 58.04 417.91 2.19 914.19
South Caribbean Conference 2.72% 0.23% 0.08% 36.78 452.22 1.71 771.43
Suriname Mission 1.02% 0.00% 0.00% 97.57 202.94 2.83 575.00
Tobago Mission 3.96% 0.23% 0.58% 25.25 249.93 2.73 681.64
CARIBBEAN UNION CONFERENCE 3.05% 0.17% 0.24% 32.77 353.72 2.22 784.16

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Field   1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005  
Churches  461  477  483  490  496  500  504  508  536  544  552
Companies      83  91  88  96  102  111  101  116  111
Beginning
Membership		  135,526  142,642  146,821  152,424  159,742  162,848  168,633  173,296  179,247  185,950  190,237
Baptisms  8,695  5,881  7,432  8,612  5,281  6,814  4,408  5,742  5,531  5,392  5,772
Professions
of Faith		        49  51  42  62  38  29  15  34
Transfers In  1,102  628  658  421  11,901  280  253  351  8,569  576  915
Transfers Out  1,133  818  943  645  12,005  544  396  480  8,565  433  1,018
Deaths  400  282  392  371  316  282  280  285  272  252  331
Dropped  1,148  1,230  399  585  829  589  508  496  266  658  390
Missing        131  144  129  119  152  46  212  64
Total Gains  9,797  6,509  8,090  9,082  17,233  7,136  4,723  6,131  14,129  5,983  6,721
Total Losses  2,681  2,330  1,734  1,732  13,294  1,544  1,303  1,413  9,149  1,555  1,803
Adjustment      -753  -32  -833  193  1,243  1,233  1,723  -141  100
Net Growth  7,116  4,179  5,603  7,318  3,106  5,785  4,663  5,951  6,703  4,287  5,018
Ending
Membership		  142,642  146,821  152,424  159,742  162,848  168,633  173,296  179,247  185,950  190,237  195,255
Growth Rate  5.25%  2.93%  3.82%  4.80%  1.94%  3.55%  2.77%  3.43%  3.74%  2.31%  2.64%
Accession Rate  6.42%  4.12%  5.06%  5.68%  3.34%  4.21%  2.65%  3.34%  3.10%  2.91%  3.05%
Death Rate  0.30%  0.20%  0.27%  0.24%  0.20%  0.17%  0.17%  0.16%  0.15%  0.14%  0.17%
Ordained
Ministers		  134  154  152  156  169  167  175  179  176  180  182
Licensed
Ministers		  85  88  81  69  70  80  80  74  80  76  67

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