The Adventist church, in numbers
24.4M
+687,902 YoY Members worldwide
Total ending membership
Source: ManualGlobal membership trend
1976–2025
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World church at a glance
Latest data: 2025
24.4M
Ending membership
+687,902 YoY 106.9K
Churches
78.1K
Companies
1.2M
Baptisms
-302,489 YoY 2.9%
Growth rate
Membership by division
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Insights
106,936
+3,067 YoY Churches worldwide
Organized congregations
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2.4%
A decade of growth
Membership CAGR since 2012
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228
Members per church
Average congregation size worldwide
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From the data5.9%
Fastest-growing division
Growth rate in 2025
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From the data335,657
Most baptisms
Total baptisms in 2025
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From the data+687,902
Membership change
Year-over-year worldwide
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Top movers
Divisions leading in growth, baptisms, and churches.
Growth rate
2025
Baptisms
2025
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Global membership since 1900
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