Statistical Report, 2002 Presented by F. Michael Watson Secretary to the First Presidency Brothers and sisters, the First Presidency has issued the following report concerning the growth and status of the Church as of December 31, 2002:       Number of Church Units Missions 335 Stakes 2,602 Districts 641 Wards and Branches 26,143 Church Membership Total Membership 11,721,548 Increase in Children of Record 81,132 Converts Baptized 283,138 Missionaries Number of Full-Time Missionaries 61,638 Temples Temples Dedicated during 2002 7 (Snowflake Arizona, Lubbock Texas, Monterrey México, Campinas Brazil, Asunción Paraguay, Nauvoo Illinois, The Hague Netherlands) Temples Rededicated during 2002 2 (Freiberg Germany and Monticello Utah) Temples in Operation 114 Prominent Members Who Have Passed Away since Last April: Minnie Preece Burton, widow of Elder Theodore M. Burton, former Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and member of the Seventy; Melba Parker Hill, widow of Elder George R. Hill III, a former member of the Seventy; Bonnie Lee Adamson Caldwell, wife of Elder C. Max Caldwell, former member of the Seventy; Gertrude Ryberg Garff, former counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency; Walter Joshua Eldredge Jr., former Young Men General President; Mayola Miltenberger, former secretary-treasurer of the Relief Society General Presidency and Board.