World Missions
Together with more than 40,000 Southern Baptist churches we seek to tell the Good News of Christ toall the peoples of the world. Working with the IMB we strive to present the Gospel of Jesus Christ in order to lead individuals to saving faith in Him and result in church-planting movements among all the peoples of the world.
We do this by Giving, Praying, and Going.
Almost 5,000 people groups - 1.6 billion people - still live with little or no access to the Gospel.
This is a quick look at what God is doing through DBC, other Southern Baptist churches, and Baptists in other lands.
Fast facts
| Field personnel under appointment (11/11/08) |
5,541
|
| Career/associates/apprentices |
4,315
|
| 2-yr. ISC/Journeymen/Masters |
1,226
|
| Field personnel appointed 2007 |
844
|
| Career/associates/apprentices |
339
|
| 2-yr. ISC/Journeymen/Masters |
505
|
| Student volunteers 2007 |
4,271
|
| Overseas baptisms 2007* |
609,968 |
| Overseas churches 2007* |
157,890
|
| Overseas church membership 2007* |
9.9 million
|
| New churches 2007* |
25,497
|
| People groups engaged** |
1,183
|
| People groups of the Last Frontier** |
5,913
|
| Population of the Last Frontier peoples** |
1.6 billion
|
| World population 2007** |
6.8 billion
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