Seventh-day Adventists are one of the fastest-growing Christian churches in the world today adding one new member by baptism every 32 seconds of every day and passed the 12 million mark in 2001 with an average of 2,600+ people baptized each day. From its organization in the US in 1863 with around 3,500 members, today nine out of ten members live elsewhere--in 203 other countries of the world.
Seventh-day Adventists have one of the most extensive centralized Protestant educational systems in the world and have one of the most comprehensive networks of health-care providers. Adventists speak in at least 725 languages and another one thousand dialects, leading to the establishment of 57 Church-owned printing plants and editorial offices.
| Churches -World | 51,086 |
| North American Division | 4,933 |
| Companies—World | 56,067 |
| North American Division | 479 |
| Church Membership—World | 12,320,834 |
| North American Division | 955,076 |
| Total Accessions | 961,542 |
| Baptisms | 931,335 |
| Professions of Faith | 30,207 |
| Ordained Ministers, Active | 14,669 |
| Total Active Employees | 174,682 |
| Countries and Areas of the World as Recognized by the United Nations | 228 |
| Countries and Areas of the World in Which Seventh-day Adventist Work is Established | 203 |
| Languages Used in Seventh-day Adventist Publications and Oral Work | 834 |
| Divisions | 12 |
| Union Conferences and Missions | 94 |
| Local Conferences and Missions | 503 |
| Total Schools | 6,355 |
| Tertiary Institutions | 99 |
| Worker Training Institutions | 37 |
| Secondary Schools | 1214 |
| Primary Schools | 5,005 |
| Total Enrollment | 1,185,316 |
| Tertiary Institutions | 74,833 |
| Worker Training Institutions | 5,262 |
| Secondary Schools | 313,097 |
| Primary Schools | 27 |
| Food Industries | 27 |
| Hospitals and Sanitariums | 169 |
| Nursing Homes and Retirement Centers | 128 |
| Clinics and Dispensaries | 386 |
| Orphanages and Children’s Homes | 33 |
| Airplanes and Medical Launches | 7 |
| Outpatient Visits | 10,491,637 |
| Media Centers | 9 |
| Publishing Houses and Branches | 57 |
| Literature Evangelists, Credentialed and Licensed | 6,692 |
| Languages Used in Publications | 338 |
| Sabbath Schools | 112,541 |
| Sabbath School Membership | 15,859,274 |
| Tithe—World | $1,120,268,583169 |
| North American Division | $685,051,304 |
| Tithe Per Capita—World | $102.33 |
| North American Division | $742.27 |
| Sabbath School Mission Offerings—World | $44,601,909 |
| North American Division | $20,994,740 |
| Ingathering - World | $9,959,552 |
| North American Division | $2,974,659 |
| Total Tithe and Offerings—World | $1,717,789,094 |
| North American Division | $1,090,333,740 |
| Total Tithe and Offerings Per Capita World | $156.91 |
| North American Division | $1,181.40 |
| Countries and Areas of the World Where ADRA is Involved | 125 |
| Total Projects Funded | 2,083 |
| Development | 1,253 |
| Relief | 830 |
| Beneficiaries of Projects | 16,447,918 |
| Value of Total Aid | $108,088,234 |
| 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accessions | |||||
| 744,798 | 818,754 | 1,090,848 | 1,043,843 | 961,542 | 978,059 |
| Per day | |||||
| 2,039.15 | 2,241.63 | 2,986.58 | 2,857.89 | 2,632.56 | 2,677.78 |
| Per hour | |||||
| 84.96 | 93.40 | 124.44 | 119.08 | 109.69 | 111.57 |
| Per minute | |||||
| 1.42 | 1.56 | 2.07 | 1.98 | 1.83 | 1.86 |
| One accession per secs | |||||
| 42.37 | 38.54 | 28.93 | 30.23 | 32.82 | 32.27 |
| Accession Rate (%) | |||||
| 8.01 | 8.44 | 10.73 | 9.54 | 8.23 | 7.94 |
| New church organized every hour | |||||
| 8.35 | 5.42 | 4.73 | 3.90 | 4.18 | 3.63 |
| Growth rate (%) | |||||
| 4.38 | 4.75 | 7.63 | 6.84 | 5.42 | 4.64 |
| Ratio: population per each Seventh-day Adventist member | |||||
| 602 | 583 | 547 | 519 | 498 | 482 |