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COLOMBIAN UNION CONFERENCE (1994-Present)
Parent Field:  INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION (1922-Present)
Sub Fields: Atlantic Colombia Mission (1999-2005)
Colombian Islands Mission (1989-2005)
East Colombia Conference (1996-2005)
Pacific Colombia Conference (1989-2005)
Upper Magdalena Conference (1989-2005)
West Central Colombian Mission (1995-2005)
Historical Names: COLOMBIAN UNION MISSION (1989-1995)
COLOMBIAN UNION CONFERENCE (1994-Present)
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Sub Fields:		 Atlantic Colombia Mission (1989-1998)
East Colombia Mission (1989-1995)
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Entry:  		 Colombian Union Conference

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Field Name Churches Beginning
Membership		 Accessions
(Bapt&POF)		 Deaths Dropped
& Missing		 Ending
Membership		 Ord & Lic
Ministers
Atlantic Colombia Mission 200 44,075 2,871 84 439 46,405 32
Colombian Islands Mission 8 1,201 29 2 0 1,228 3
East Colombia Conference 231 44,505 5,184 216 4,081 45,384 51
Pacific Colombia Conference 159 36,427 3,190 29 2,103 37,138 41
Upper Magdalena Conference 253 64,412 5,051 174 2,657 66,428 58
West Central Colombian Mission 149 31,307 2,228 72 556 32,408 34
COLOMBIAN UNION CONFERENCE 1,000 221,927 18,553 577 9,836 228,991 240
Field Name Accession Rate Death Rate Dropped/
Missing Rate		 Members/
Accession		 Members/
Church		 Churches/
Minister		 Members/
Minister
Atlantic Colombia Mission 6.51% 0.19% 1.00% 15.35 232.03 6.25 1,450.16
Colombian Islands Mission 2.41% 0.17% 0.00% 41.41 153.50 2.67 409.33
East Colombia Conference 11.65% 0.49% 9.17% 8.59 196.47 4.53 889.88
Pacific Colombia Conference 8.76% 0.08% 5.77% 11.42 233.57 3.88 905.80
Upper Magdalena Conference 7.84% 0.27% 4.13% 12.75 262.56 4.36 1,145.31
West Central Colombian Mission 7.12% 0.23% 1.78% 14.05 217.50 4.38 953.18
COLOMBIAN UNION CONFERENCE 8.36% 0.26% 4.43% 11.96 228.99 4.17 954.13

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Field   1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005  
Churches  541  582  648  698  737  795  832  869  914  983  1,000
Companies      627  794  634  703  720  759  775  775  861
Beginning
Membership		  130,044  132,886  140,121  142,928  154,329  168,741  181,446  190,446  200,237  210,441  221,927
Baptisms  8,183  8,778  10,000  12,837  17,389  15,176  13,895  13,887  19,809  19,277  18,347
Professions
of Faith		        18  38  51  113  84  167  279  206
Transfers In  20,232  84  423  684  498  927  1,682  972  5,561  2,078  739
Transfers Out  20,300  86  492  670  583  1,058  733  1,380  6,170  2,551  1,815
Deaths  590  218  700  209  322  255  585  413  838  611  577
Dropped  4,683  1,323  3,813  1,109  2,164  1,870  4,623  2,912  5,212  3,259  6,319
Missing        169  420  266  748  447  3,114  3,726  3,517
Total Gains  28,415  8,862  10,423  13,539  17,925  16,154  15,690  14,943  25,537  21,634  19,292
Total Losses  25,573  1,627  5,005  2,157  3,489  3,449  6,689  5,152  15,334  10,147  12,228
Adjustment      -2,611  19  -24  0  -1  0  1  -1  0
Net Growth  2,842  7,235  2,807  11,401  14,412  12,705  9,000  9,791  10,204  11,486  7,064
Ending
Membership		  132,886  140,121  142,928  154,329  168,741  181,446  190,446  200,237  210,441  221,927  228,991
Growth Rate  2.19%  5.44%  2.00%  7.98%  9.34%  7.53%  4.96%  5.14%  5.10%  5.46%  3.18%
Accession Rate  6.29%  6.61%  7.14%  8.99%  11.29%  9.02%  7.72%  7.34%  9.98%  9.29%  8.36%
Death Rate  0.45%  0.16%  0.50%  0.15%  0.21%  0.15%  0.32%  0.22%  0.42%  0.29%  0.26%
Ordained
Ministers		  116  134  145  146  138  143  146  147  171  189  173
Licensed
Ministers		  70  61  66  61  56  69  46  61  82  63  67

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