How to read rankings · 2025
Compare public mission patterns without turning people into a scoreboard.
Rankings help you spot patterns in membership, growth and share of the world church. Start with the level that matches your question, then open a profile for context before drawing conclusions.
Ranked divisions
13
Members represented
23.83M
Reported for 2025
13
Average growth
+2.1%
Growth: recent statistical direction; context still matters.
Share: membership measured against the world church, not against this list.
Best use: find mission data patterns and reporting gaps, not whom to blame.
Click a column heading to rank by it. Divisions with nothing filed keep their place at the foot of the table, whichever way it is sorted.
1East-Central Africa DivisionKenya · Africa6.00M25.2%2Southern Africa-Indian Ocean DivisionSouth Africa · Africa4.54M19.1%3Inter-American DivisionUnited States · Americas3.73M15.6%4South American DivisionBrazil · Americas2.70M11.3%5Southern Asia-Pacific DivisionPhilippines · Asia-Pacific1.70M7.1%6North American DivisionUnited States · Americas1.32M5.5%7Southern Asia DivisionIndia · Asia-Pacific1.19M5.0%8West-Central Africa DivisionIvory Coast · Africa1.10M4.6%9South Pacific DivisionAustralia · Asia-Pacific849,8753.6%10Northern Asia-Pacific DivisionSouth Korea · Asia-Pacific369,7141.6%11Inter-European DivisionSwitzerland · Europe185,2440.78%12Trans-European DivisionUnited Kingdom · Europe94,8690.40%13Euro-Asia DivisionUnited States · Europe56,3490.24%
The three largest divisions hold 60% of the membership filed at this level.