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Field personnel under appointment             (11/10/2009)
5,512
   Career/associates/apprentices
4,340
   2-yr. ISC/Journeymen/Masters
1,172
Field personnel appointed 2008
958
   Career/associates/apprentices
388
   2-yr. ISC/Journeymen/Masters
570
Student volunteers 2008
5,226
Overseas baptisms 2009*

506,019
Overseas churches 2009*
204,192
Overseas church membership 2009*
10.7 million
New churches 2009*
24,650
People groups engaged (as of 06/17/09)
1,178
People groups of the Last Frontier**
6,813
Population of the Last Frontier peoples**
1.7 billion
World population 2008**
6.9 billion
Lottie Moon Christmas Offering receipts for Christmas 2007
$150.4 million
Lottie Moon Christmas Offering goal for Christmas 2008
$170 million
Lottie Moon Christmas Offering receipts for Christmas 2008
$141.3 million
Lottie Moon Christmas Offering goal for Christmas 2009 $175 million
International Mission Board budget for 2009 $319.8 million
World Hunger/General Relief 2008 receipts
$5.4 million


*data from 2009 Annual Statistical Report (Note that all data reflects end-of-year 2008 figures)
**data from Global Status of Evangelical Christianity November 2009

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