Department Report Fast FactsLegal work for estate planning fills 60 percent of David Duncan's time; the remainder is spent on "church" law.Duncan has been NPUC legal counsel since 1984.Duncan works through enough paper each year to create several stacks equal to hi... Read more
Department Report Fast Facts$35 million in trusts and annuities are administered annually, representing nearly 400 charitable documents.Distributed $9.6 million in benefits to donors and nearly $5.3 million to beneficiaries in the last five years, benefiting family... Read more
Department Report Fast FactsMore than $44 million in appropriations was passed on to local conferences through the North Pacific Union Conference during the last five years, ending in December 2010.Education funding amounts to 68.62 percent of all appropriations to... Read more
Department Report Fast FactsMore than 2 million pages are printed each month to provide the GLEANER to Northwest Adventist homes.The GleanerNOW! e-newsletter is sent out each week as a free service to those who subscribe online.Adventist media touches more than 150... Read more
Department Report Fast FactsHispanic membership and tithe have both increased 15 percent over the last five years.The ratio of Hispanic Seventh-day Adventists to the Northwest population is now 1:156.The Northwest population of people of Hispanic origin jumped to 1... Read more
Department Report Fast FactsIn the Northwest there are about 13 million people and 97,133 Seventh-day Adventists, a ratio of 1:134.There are 398 pastors in the NPUC to assist members in carrying out their mission.The Northwest, considered to be the most secular are... Read more
Department Report Fast FactsMax Torkelsen II has particular interests in furthering the Lord's work through international communication strategies, including Adventist World Radio and Lifestyle TV.Torkelsen is the co-founder of Bibleinfo.com, a global Internet mini... Read more
Department Report Fast FactsMore than 100 areas of study are featured, including four graduate degree programs.Satellite campuses include School of Nursing in Portland, Ore.; a marine laboratory near Anacortes, Wash.; and graduate social work programs in Missoula a... Read more
Department Report Fast FactsThere are 536 certificated, full-time K–12 teachers in 112 schools within the North Pacific Union Conference.During the past five years, the NPUC has provided nearly $4 million for "remote and necessary" schools throughout the Northwest.... Read more
