Sacred Ground — Adventist Church Properties and Real Estate Maximisation

Executive summary

The Seventh-day Adventist Church's total institutional net worth was estimated at approximately $15.6 billion in a 1998 assessment — the most recent publicly available figure. No updated global valuation exists, and this figure likely vastly understates current value given 27 years of appreciation, construction, and expansion. The church operates 96,213 churches, 10,381 schools, 244 hospitals, 1,707 clinics, 136 nursing homes, and 133 dental clinics across 212 countries — a physical infrastructu...