Statistical Report, 2008 Presented by Brook P. Hales Secretary to the First Presidency Brothers and sisters, the First Presidency has issued the following report concerning the growth and activity of the Church as of December 31, 2008.

Number of Church Units      Stakes 2,818     Missions 348     Districts 622     Wards and Branches 28,109      Church Membership      Total Membership 13,508,509     Increase in Children of Record 123,502     Converts Baptized 265,593      Missionaries      Full-Time Missionaries 52,494      Temples      Temples Dedicated during 2008    (Rexburg Idaho, Curitiba Brazil,    Panama City Panama, and Twin Falls Idaho) 4     Temples Rededicated during 2008    (Mexico City Mexico) 1     Number of Temples in Operation as of December 31 128  Prominent Church Members Who Have Passed Away since Last April Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles; Sister Alice Thornley Evans, widow of Elder Richard L. Evans of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles; Elder J. Thomas Fyans, an emeritus General Authority; Elder Douglas H. Smith, a former member of the Seventy; Sister Harriet Barbara Washburn, wife of Elder J. Ballard Washburn, a former member of the Seventy; and Brother Daniel H. Ludlow, former director of the Church Correlation Department and editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Mormonism.