Drs. Lyon & Pence are delivering the “Pastoral Letter” at the opening of conference right now and some of the stats are incredible:
IN NORTH AMERICAN WESLEYAN DENOMINATION 2008-2012
New Christ Followers – 95,739
Baptisms – 32,533
Members – 142,429
Wesleyan students – 20,466
Weekly Worshippers – 208,973 (up 7%)
GLOBALLY 2008-2012
Largest Numbers EVER of:
Missionaries
Countries (93)
New Christ Followers (255,291)
Baptisms (89,944)
Local Churches (5,669)
Members (367,777)
Worshippers (457,310)
