Ministerial In the Northwest there are about 13 million people and 90,000 Seventh-day Adventists, a ratio of 1:144.On average, one person is baptized each year for every 33 current members.Sixty percent of the Northwest's population live in the ten largest me... Read more
Hispanic Ministries Hispanic membership has increased 31 percent over the last five years.Hispanic members contributed $1 million more in tithe since 2001.Ramon Canals personally holds approximately five evangelistic series each year.Recognizing the tremendous growth... Read more
Native Ministries Monte Church travels more than 150,000 miles every year to visit far-flung native groups.There are 31 native churches or companies in the NPUC, with 1,489 members.There are 15 annual native camp meetings across the Northwest and Canada.The North P... Read more
Regional, Youth African American members celebrated their 30th annual convocation in 2006.There are more than 126 NPUC Pathfinder clubs.During the past five years, regional members have contributed more than $8 million in tithe and baptized 864 new members to bri... Read more
Information Technology More than 600 gigabytes of data passed through the NPUC "firewall" last year—nearly two gigabytes per day.The NPUC information technology department provides technical support for nearly 200 church-related employees in the Northwest.The weekly bac... Read more
Education There are 588 certificated, full-time K–12 teachers in 122 schools within the NPUC, with 43 percent of the teachers possessing masters or higher degrees.Of the 14 NPUC senior academies, Idaho has one, Montana one, Oregon five, Upper Columbia three... Read more
Planned Giving The NPUC planned giving and trust services department annually administers an average of $25 million in trusts and annuities.As of the end of 2005, the department was administering nearly 400 charitable documents.During the past five years, the de... Read more
Communication More than 2 million pages are printed each month to provide the GLEANER to Northwest Adventist homes.The NPUC and GLEANER Web sites received more than 100,000 visits last year.Adventist media touches more than 100,000 listeners/viewers each week i... Read more
Treasurer The long process of acquiring land, the proper permits, building and then relocating the North Pacific Union Conference (NPUC) office to Ridgefield, Wash., is nearly complete.Some have questioned why relocation was even necessary. While that discu... Read more
