Mormon church membership nears 14 million

LDS Church statistics through Dec. 31, 2009, as released by the First Presidency during the Saturday afternoon session of general conference:

Stakes: 2,865

Missions: 344

Districts: 616

Wards and branches: 28,424

Members: 13,824,854

New children of record: 119,722

Converts: 280,106

Full-time missionaries: 51,736

New temples dedicated: 2 (Draper Utah, Oquirrh Mountain Utah)

Total operating temples: 130