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  Branches of Jehovah’s Witnesses: 90

• Number of Lands Reporting: 240

• Total Congregations: 120,053

• Worldwide Memorial Attendance: 20,175,477

• Memorial Partakers Worldwide: 18,564

• Peak of Publishers *: 8,457,107

• Average Publishers Preaching Each Month: 8,248,982

• Percentage of Increase Over 2016: 1.4

• Total Number Baptized *: 284,212

• Average Pioneer * Publishers Each Month: 1,249,946

• Average Auxiliary Pioneer Publishers Each Month: 439,571

• Total Hours Spent in Field: 2,046,000,202

• Average Bible Studies * Each Month: 10,071,524

During the 2017 service year, * Jehovah’s Witnesses spent over $202 million in caring for special pioneers, missionaries, and circuit overseers in their field service assignments. Worldwide, a total of 19,730 ordained ministers staff the branch facilities. All are members of the Worldwide Order of Special Full-Time Servants of Jehovah’s Witnesses.