Fast facts

Field personnel under appointment
(5/15/13)
4,874
   Career/apprentices
4,243
   2-yr. ISC/Journeymen/Masters
631
Field personnel added 2011*
526
   Career/associates/apprentices
271
   2-yr. ISC/Journeymen/Masters
255
Student volunteers 2011
3,408
Overseas baptisms 2012*
266,451
Overseas churches 2012*
199,162
Overseas church membership 2012*
2.6 million
New churches 2012*
24,073
People groups engaged by imb personnel (8/2/12)
787
Unreached People Groups not Engaged (11/30/12)
3,133
World population 2012 (11/30/12)
6.9 billion
LMCO receipts for Christmas 2011
$146.8 million
LMCO goal for Christmas 2012 $175 million
IMB budget for 2013 $323.8 million
World Hunger/General Relief 2011 receipts $6.4 million

*data from 2012 Annual Statistical Report, reflecting status end of 2011

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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.