Statistics are always interesting to me. I am including these graphs to to illustrate the growth of the Church over the last 11 years (1996-2006). The first graph is total Church membership each year. The second graph is the number of converts baptized that year. The third graph is the number of full-time missionaries serving in the Church. I am pleased to say that I am one of the full-time missionaries in 2001 and 2002. Also, you will noticed the dramatic decline in number of missionaries in 2003--along with an associated decline in the number of converts. This was around the time that the Church raised the bar.
What is most important about these charts is not the numbers, but the people and lives they represent. The stone continues to roll forward.
Source: Church Statistical Reports from April General Conference each year.
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This is a very interesting blog. I would suggest providing some links or at least some background information on what your faith is about. For someone like me, who has not studied your faith in depth - more information would be useful in order to understand your references to moroni and such.
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