Fast facts

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 2008*

565,967
Overseas churches 2008*
181,967
Overseas church membership 2008*
10.3 million
New churches 2008*
26,970
People groups engaged (as of 06/17/09)**
1,178
People groups of the Last Frontier**
5,806
Population of the Last Frontier peoples**
1.6 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 2008 Annual Statistical Report (Note that all data reflects end-of-year 2007 figures)
**data from Global Status of Evangelical Christianity May 2009

 
For more key statistics on the IMB’s work overseas and the people groups we serve, please visit www.imb.org/GlobalResearch or www.peoplegroups.org.