Mission support · 13 territories

Where Mission Needs Support

Public statistical signals showing territories where growth has slowed and the mission would be strengthened by prayer, renewed investment, and attention. Drawn from the most recent filings on record.

Where support is needed

Deep need

Needs attention

Members in these territories

584,144

Field and what we seeMembers

Finland Union of Churches ConferenceConference · FIUCC
A long, patient mission field — seven years of gradual easing
4,820
members
Danish Union of Churches ConferenceConference · DKUCC
A small membership base that would be strengthened by renewed outreach
2,450
members
Netherlands Union of Churches ConferenceConference · NLUCC
Moderate baptism activity not yet translating into net growth
5,320
members
Swedish Union of Churches ConferenceUnion · SWUC
Gradual easing in an affluent, highly secular context
4,780
members
Lake Union ConferenceUnion · LKUC
A large union whose plateau has begun to ease — attention now can change the curve
90,809
members
Pacific Union ConferenceUnion · PAUC
Strong baptisms alongside net easing — retention is the opportunity
221,276
members

How these signals are read

Deep need — Membership easing in territories carrying significant Adventist presence, or several consecutive years of decline.
Needs attention — Growth has paused, or sits low enough that outreach and retention would change the curve.
Watching with care — Holding steady, with a baptism pipeline that would build momentum. Early signals, not conclusions.
Every figure is filed — read from this platform’s own records rather than typed into the page. The records do not yet mark which began as a published estimate, so none is labelled as one.

What this means for mission

These are not verdicts on any territory — they are signals that the mission there deserves attention. God grows His church; data helps us notice where attention is needed and respond with care. Understanding where growth has slowed is the first step toward prayer, renewed evangelism, retention ministry, and church planting. For deeper analysis, see the research library on youth retention, connecting youth to local churches, and ministry models.