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2019 Grand Totals
Branches of Jehovah’s Witnesses: 87
Number of Lands Reporting: 240
Total Congregations: 119,712
Worldwide Memorial Attendance: 20,919,041
Memorial Partakers Worldwide: 20,526
Peak of Publishersa: 8,683,117
Average Publishers Preaching Each Month: 8,471,008
Percentage of Increase Over 2018: 1.3
Total Number Baptizedb: 303,866
Average Pioneerc Publishers Each Month: 1,277,738
Average Auxiliary Pioneer Publishers Each Month: 464,980
Total Hours Spent in Field: 2,088,560,437
Average Bible Studiesd Each Month: 9,618,182
During the 2019 service year,e Jehovah’s Witnesses spent over $224 million in caring for special pioneers, missionaries, and circuit overseers in their field service assignments. Worldwide, a total of 20,858 ordained ministers staff the branch facilities. All are members of the Worldwide Order of Special Full-Time Servants of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
A publisher refers to one who actively publishes, or preaches, the good news of God’s Kingdom. (Matthew 24:14) For a complete explanation of how this figure is determined, see the jw.org article “How Many of Jehovah’s Witnesses Are There Worldwide?”
For more information on the steps leading to baptism as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, see the jw.org article “How Do I Become One of Jehovah’s Witnesses?”
A pioneer is an exemplary baptized Witness who volunteers to spend a specified number of hours each month in preaching the good news.
For more information, see the jw.org article “What Is a Bible Study?”
The 2019 service year ran from September 1, 2018, through August 31, 2019.
