SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS
AMONG FASTEST GROWING CHURCHES

Figures recently released by the world headquarters of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church reveal that it is one of the fastest-growing religious groups. A report contrasting membership numbers for 1994 and 1995 shows a nearly 5.5% annual growth rate. The sect has gained more than 650,000 new members in the past 12 months.

Archives and Statistics Director F. Donald Yost reported that the church had worldwide added a new member every 45 seconds. Yost also said that by 2006 the church should be gaining a million members annually.

The current figures are for baptized adult members only and worldwide membership of the church was put at more than 8.6 million.

—MKG

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