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2015 Grand Totals

2015 Grand Totals
  • Branches of Jehovah’s Witnesses: 89

  • Number of Lands Reporting: 240

  • Total Congregations: 118,016

  • Worldwide Memorial Attendance: 19,862,783

  • Memorial Partakers Worldwide: 15,177

  • Peak of Publishers in Kingdom Service: 8,220,105

  • Average Publishers Preaching Each Month: 7,987,279

  • Percentage of Increase Over 2014: 1.5

  • Total Number Baptized: 260,273

  • Average Auxiliary Pioneer Publishers Each Month: 443,504

  • Average Pioneer Publishers Each Month: 1,135,210

  • Total Hours Spent in Field: 1,933,473,727

  • Average Home Bible Studies Each Month: 9,708,968

During the 2015 service year, Jehovah’s Witnesses spent over $236 million in caring for special pioneers, missionaries, and traveling overseers in their field service assignments. Worldwide, a total of 26,011 ordained ministers staff the branch facilities. All are members of the Worldwide Order of Special Full-Time Servants of Jehovah’s Witnesses.