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PUERTO RICAN UNION CONFERENCE (1994-Present)
Parent Field:  INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION (1922-Present)
Sub Fields: East Puerto Rico Conference (1994-2005)
North Puerto Rico Mission (2001-2005)
South Puerto Rico Mission (2001-2005)
West Puerto Rico Conference (1994-2005)
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Entry:  		 Puerto Rican Union Conference

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Field Name Churches Beginning
Membership		 Accessions
(Bapt&POF)		 Deaths Dropped
& Missing		 Ending
Membership		 Ord & Lic
Ministers
East Puerto Rico Conference 119 14,091 1,038 124 420 14,451 61
North Puerto Rico Mission 40 4,966 352 24 62 5,210 19
South Puerto Rico Mission 28 2,587 182 25 59 2,732 13
West Puerto Rico Conference 97 13,406 600 155 272 13,533 50
PUERTO RICAN UNION CONFERENCE 284 35,050 2,172 328 813 35,926 161
Field Name Accession Rate Death Rate Dropped/
Missing Rate		 Members/
Accession		 Members/
Church		 Churches/
Minister		 Members/
Minister
East Puerto Rico Conference 7.37% 0.88% 2.98% 13.58 121.44 1.95 236.90
North Puerto Rico Mission 7.09% 0.48% 1.25% 14.11 130.25 2.11 274.21
South Puerto Rico Mission 7.04% 0.97% 2.28% 14.21 97.57 2.15 210.15
West Puerto Rico Conference 4.48% 1.16% 2.03% 22.34 139.52 1.94 270.66
PUERTO RICAN UNION CONFERENCE 6.20% 0.94% 2.32% 16.14 126.50 1.76 223.14

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Field   1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005  
Churches  256  256  256  260  260  260  266  270  274  275  284
Companies      35  28  29  29  30  30  30  32  29
Beginning
Membership		  28,118  28,533  29,397  30,087  31,524  32,128  32,705  31,598  33,018  34,414  35,050
Baptisms  1,852  2,545  2,154  2,420  1,594  762  1,244  1,731  2,423  1,800  2,025
Professions
of Faith		        213  112  43  96  155  414  176  147
Transfers In  680  490  680  459  461  207  6,381  1,046  473  508  891
Transfers Out  708  599  667  578  498  204  6,567  1,188  667  526  935
Deaths  303  301  344  318  276  99  192  188  254  337  328
Dropped  1,106  1,271  1,133  627  617  103  535  491  590  668  650
Missing        132  172  29  145  48  245  153  163
Total Gains  2,532  3,035  2,834  3,092  2,167  1,012  7,721  2,932  3,310  2,484  3,063
Total Losses  2,117  2,171  2,144  1,655  1,563  435  7,439  1,915  1,756  1,684  2,076
Adjustment          0  0  -1,389  403  -158  -164  -111
Net Growth  415  864  690  1,437  604  577  -1,107  1,420  1,396  636  876
Ending
Membership		  28,533  29,397  30,087  31,524  32,128  32,705  31,598  33,018  34,414  35,050  35,926
Growth Rate  1.48%  3.03%  2.35%  4.78%  1.92%  1.80%  -3.38%  4.49%  4.23%  1.85%  2.50%
Accession Rate  6.59%  8.92%  7.33%  8.75%  5.41%  2.51%  4.10%  5.97%  8.59%  5.74%  6.20%
Death Rate  1.08%  1.05%  1.17%  1.06%  0.88%  0.31%  0.59%  0.59%  0.77%  0.98%  0.94%
Ordained
Ministers		  92  96  102  106  97  97  98  104  112  116  118
Licensed
Ministers		  42  43  38  43  43  43  33  52  53  50  43

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