Information pulled from the Adventist church management platform, eAdventist shows:
- 88,796 members, compared to 88,680 in 2021 and 88,505 in 2020
- 501 churches and 59 companies
- New groups, specifically ethnic congregations, are driving the growth.
- Gains of 893 baptisms, 321 profession of faith and 572 transfers into the union.
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Losses in 2020 were 619, which is not very different from 2019. A pause was made to thank God that the deaths weren’t higher, as was the case in some other unions.
Treasurer reports that year-to-date tithe is up 0.23%. This is very good considering the 12% tithe increase last year.
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Other items of note:
- GC Session is in Indianapolis in 2030
- Dental clinics run by Randy Griffin coming back in 2023. Still working on details but thought is one for each conference.
- Ron Whitehead will add Children’s ministry to his Youth and Young Adult portfolio.
- Michigan Conference Women’s ministry director Jane Harris elected to also serve as Lake Union’s Women’s ministry director.
Watch for more details in a later newsletter.
Debbie Michel is the Lake Union Conference director and Lake Union Herald editor.