Centennial Notes

Year: 1983
Target 2000 adopted by General Board of Administration

The leadership of the church is looking toward the last years of the century as the time of the greatest growth and evangelization in its history. In 1985 a program known as Target 2000 was launched. The goal of this program is for the church to be able to claim one-tenth of one percent of the world population for Jesus Christ by the end of the century. This would mean a church of 6.5 million members by the year 2000. To achieve this goal, new churches are being opened in world class cities in the United States and other nations each year.