Missions STATS

I got this from Sis. Jess's blog. You can read the article by clicking the link above.


I found some very interesting mission stats online here


....including this:
"Number of U.S. Missionary Families in foreign fields………………..……2628
Number of Fundamental Boards Surveyed…………………………………...23
Number of nations without any U.S. Missionaries…………………………....72

AFRICA
Population……………………………………………………….737,000,000
Number of Countries……………………………………………………….56
Number of Fundamental Baptist Missionaries…………………………401
Countries without a Fundamental Baptist Missionary……………….…20

AMERICAS (Minus U.S.A.)
Population…………………………………………………….....551,000,000
Number of Countries……………………………………………………….47
Number of Fundamental Baptist Missionaries………………………...1071
Countries without a Fundamental Baptist Missionary……………….…..7

ASIA/PACIFIC
Population……………………………………………………..3,241,000,000
Number of Countries……………………………………………………….43
Number of Fundamental Baptist Missionaries…………………………565
Countries without a Fundamental Baptist Missionary……………….…11

EUROPE
Population…………………………………………………….....728,000,000
Number of Countries……………………………………………………….48
Number of Fundamental Baptist Missionaries…………………………577
Countries without a Fundamental Baptist Missionary……………….…15

MIDDLE EAST
Population…………………………………………………….....545,000,000
Number of Countries……………………………………………………….28
Number of Fundamental Baptist Missionaries……………………..……14
Countries without a Fundamental Baptist Missionary……………….…19

Boards included: BBF Baptist Bible Fellowship
MBM Maranatha Baptist Missions
BIMI Baptist International Missions, Inc,
BMFP Baptist Missions to Forgotten Peoples
ABWE Assoc. of Baptists for World Evangelism
FBWWM Fundamental Baptist Worldwide Missions
BMM Baptist Mid-Missions
IBFI Independent Baptist Fellowship Internationa
lCMC Central Missionary Clearinghouse
BFM Baptist Faith Missions
BWN Beacon World Missions
IPM International Partnership Ministries
BMW Baptists Missions for the World
LAMB Latin American Mission Board
GFA Gospel Fellowship Association
WWBM Word for the World Baptist Missions
WBF World Baptist Fellowship
EMI Evangelism Missions Inc.
EBM Evangelical Baptist Missions
BIO Baptist International Outreach
MWBM Macedonia World Baptist Missions
FBMI Fundamental Baptist Missions, Inc.
WWNTBM Worldwide New Testament Baptist Missions

Note: Does not include those missionaries without boards"
Stats prepared by Gil Angers, Westside Baptist Church, Ken Fielder, Pastor 2004
If we had the same number of Christian workers in Canada and the US as are in North America there would be like seven churches (TOTAL) in both countries combined! That really puts in clear view how sadly lacking we are in missions support and how lazy and complacent we have become about a world that is dying. I also read that there are over 6,000 languages, and that roughly 3,000 of them do not have a translated Bible! According to one website, that works out to around 250 million people! What is gonna have to happen to wake America up and help them see how rich and lazy we have become?