August Service Report
Av. Av. Av. Av.
Number of: Hrs. Mags. R.V. Bi.St.
Sp’l Pios. 133 116.8 72.1 50.9 4.7
Pios. 72,962 59.7 26.7 19.4 2.3
Aux.Pios. 21,240 58.2 26.0 13.9 1.2
Pubs. 862,011 9.4 5.4 3.5 0.4
TOTAL 956,346 Baptized: 3,630
The report shows a new peak of 956,346 total publishers. This represents an increase of 20,082, or 2.1 percent, over the previous peak, in August 1994. The 43,909 baptized during the service year represented an increase of 4,803, or 12.3 percent, over the number baptized the previous service year.