Brook P. Hales: Statistical Report, 2009

One of the fun things about the April 'Annual' General Conference is that we get the Statistical Report for the preceding calendar year. It is fun to see the statistical growth of the church and to know that our ward contributed, both in terms of convert baptisms and child of record baptisms. The church now has 13.8 million members. The number of converts is in that 275,000 to 300,000 range that it always seems to be in (280,00 this year). There were 51,736 missionaries - including Danielle (until the first of June.) Two temples were dedicated - both in the southern end of Salt Lake County. And we were able to attend the open house of one of them (the Oquirrh Mountain temple.)