Church and Tithe Statistics

Arkansas Conference (Organized May 21, 1888)

Year	Ordained Ministers	Licensed Ministers	Churches/ Companies	Members	Tithe
1888	1	2	10	226	$119
1889	1	2	13	271	$702
1890	2	2	13	273	$822
1891	2	3	13	300	$914
1892	2	4	14	314	$1,363
1893	3	1	17	351	$1,500
1895	2	4	19	482	$1,300
1899	3	4	17	275	$1,458
1900	2	4	18	300	$1,551
1901	3	6	21	340	$2,437
1902	5	8	19/9	399	$2,334
1903	2	5	15/11	444	$2,153
1904	4	2	20	403	$2,265
1905	5	2	15	460	$3,257
1906	5	1	19/9	492	$2,809
1907	6	1	22/5	593	$4,849
1908	6	2	20/5	579	$5,748
1909	3	2	19/3	553	$4,493
1910	4	1	14/1	386	$5,316
1920	5	3	26	486	$18,214
1930	5	2	20	1,632	$16,249

Louisiana Conference (ORGANIZED August 1, 1901)

Year	Ordained Ministers	Licensed Ministers	Churches/ Companies	Members	Tithe
1893	0	2	4	43	$973
1899	1	0	2	100	$495
1900	2	0	6/3	199	$766
1901	2	0	6/1	178	$1,743
1902	1	5	7/1	201	$2,615
1903	3	2	8/3	233	$1,673
1904	1	3	8/4	250	$1,913
1905	2	4	8/4	250	$1,915
1906	1	5	9	247	$2,275
1907	3	3	10	279	$2,296
1908	4	2	11/2	297	$3,173
1909	3	3	11	242	$4,877
1910	3	3	13	264	$3,818
1920	4	2	13	673	$20,232

Louisiana-Mississippi Conference (organized January 1, 1921)

Year	Ordained Ministers	Licensed Ministers	Churches/ Companies	Members	Tithe
1930	5	2	31	1,150	$25,058

ARKANSAS-Louisiana Conference (ORGANIZED February 23, 1932)

Year	Ordained Ministers	Licensed Ministers	Churches/ Companies	Members	Tithe
1932	9	3	33	2,078	$22,570
1940	11	6	48	2,757	$51,523
1950	14	0	37	2,982	$216,412
1960	25	1	46	3,479	$400,849
1970	27	12	54	4,852	$892.063
1980	36	8	77	7,364	$3,167,762
1990	38	4	81	7,735	$4,279,588
2000	44	6	86/4	9,003	$7,232,334
2010	36	3	86/13	11,449	$9,610,898
2020	37	7	92/15	13,471	$10,785,161

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Citations

(1899 – 2020). Annual Statistical Report. Takoma Park: General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.

(1888 – 2020). Yearbook of the Seventh-day Adventist Denomination. Washington, D. C.: Review and Herald Publishing Association.

Martin, J. E. (1895, Sep. 17). Review and Herald, p. 12.