I was asked post this for MacHislopp. Cookie thief!
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MacHislopp writes:
I went through some of my database statistics - Publishers - from over 50 years and I've prepared a topic entitled:
STATISTICS FOR THE LAST 4 YEARS : 2018 - 2021
2017- Av Publishers 8248982
n° of Baptisms
2018-8360594----281744
2019-8471008----303886
2020-8424155----241994
2021-8424155----171993
Total Increase Av Publ. 175.173
Tot n° BPT--979537
(A) and (B)
Total Increase Average Publishers
in the 4 years period (2018-2021)
(A) 4 years = 175.173
or 43.793/ avg publ./year increase
Total N° of Baptisms
in the 4 years period (2018-2021)
( B) 4 years = 999. 537
or 249.884/ n° of Baptisms/year.
The difference in the totals (B) and (A) equal to 824.364 (C)
shows an average of 206.091 baptized publishers missing
for the 4 years period!
Conclusion :
The number of the Total Average Publishers in the
year 2017 is 8.248.982 and if you add the total
number of baptisms, -from 2018 to 2021 - the
Grand total arrives to 999.537 baptized publishers
increase for the same period.
This should have given
a new total for the Average Potential Publishers equals
to 9.248.519 !!
Yet the grand totals figures for the year 2021 are given as
Total Average Publishers as : 8.424.155 !
This great difference in the Total Average Publishers of
206.091/year begs the question :
What happened to the Total Average Publishers - 219.996
for each year-for the 4 years period - 2018- 2021 - ??
Where are they ? Inquisitive minds would like to know
about this Great Number of missing brothers and sisters !!!
Many thanks,
JC MacHislopp