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Sources & coverage

Use the reporting period and attribution on each record to understand its origin. The collections below serve different purposes.

Annual statistics

Membership and related annual filings are drawn from church statistical reporting. Available years and coverage vary by organisational unit.

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Organisation & institutions

Directory and institutional records draw on Yearbook material and stored source records. Historical names, reporting scopes and geographic descriptions may need reconciliation.

Adventist Yearbook ↗

Research & reports

Each research summary and report has its own evidence and context. Follow its references and review date rather than assuming every page uses the same sources.

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Community submissions

Church feedback and published notes are contributed information. They are presented separately from official statistical filings.

How to interpret submissions ↗

Understand the limits

Source coverage is uneven. Missing geography is excluded from recognised-country counts; source-region text is not used to infer a division. Institution totals are withheld where system/facility overlap has not been reconciled. A reporting year filter includes only observations dated to that year.

If you notice a discrepancy, include the record URL, reporting year and supporting source when contacting statistics@adventistpulse.org.