Church Planting Survival — What Is the 5- and 10-Year Survival Rate of Newly Planted Adventist Churches?

Executive summary

Church planting is the Adventist Church's primary growth engine — new congregations are established every 2.97 hours globally (2023). Yet a critical question remains unanswered: how many of these plants survive long-term? The available evidence is disturbingly sparse. No comprehensive global or divisional dataset tracks survival rates of newly planted Adventist churches at 5- or 10-year intervals. Regional anecdotes suggest high survival in well-resourced contexts (Washington Conference reports ...