Mission support · 13 territories
Where Mission Needs Support
Public statistical signals showing territories where growth has slowed and the mission would be strengthened by prayer, renewed investment, and attention. Drawn from the most recent filings on record.
Where support is needed
13
Deep need
5
Needs attention
6
Members in these territories
584,144
Watching with care (2)
How these signals are read
- Deep need — Membership easing in territories carrying significant Adventist presence, or several consecutive years of decline.
- Needs attention — Growth has paused, or sits low enough that outreach and retention would change the curve.
- Watching with care — Holding steady, with a baptism pipeline that would build momentum. Early signals, not conclusions.
- Every figure is filed — read from this platform’s own records rather than typed into the page. The records do not yet mark which began as a published estimate, so none is labelled as one.
What this means for mission
These are not verdicts on any territory — they are signals that the mission there deserves attention. God grows His church; data helps us notice where attention is needed and respond with care. Understanding where growth has slowed is the first step toward prayer, renewed evangelism, retention ministry, and church planting. For deeper analysis, see the research library on youth retention, connecting youth to local churches, and ministry models.