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Field Personnel under appointment
(7/31/2002)		 5,364
Field Personnel appointed 2001
 1,155
Career/associates/apprentices 387
2-yr. ISC/Journeymen/Masters 768
Volunteers 2001 33,963
Overseas baptisms 2001 395,773
Overseas churches 2001 61,569
Overseas church membership 2001
 5.8 million
New churches started 2001
 5,775
People groups engaged (07/01/02)
 1,497
People groups of The Last Frontier 2,161
Population of The Last Frontier peoples 1.65 billion
World population 2001 6.1 billion
LMCO receipts Christmas 2001 $113 million
LMCO goal for Christmas 2002 $125 million
IMB budget for 2002 $263 million
World Hunger/Disaster Relief 2001 receipts $6,682,620

International Missions Emphasis 2002
Week of Prayer (Dec. 1-8), International Mission Study
and Lottie Moon Christmas Offering® theme-
That all peoples may know Him

International Missions Conferences
2002 ­ Glorieta (June 28-July 5); Ridgecrest (July 26-Aug. 2)

Toll-free numbers
For 24-hour international missions prayer requests, call PrayerLine 1-800-395-PRAY
For ways to serve in international missions, call Initial Contacts Coordinator at
1-888-422-6461 or send e-mail to initial.contacts@imb.org

To order print or A/V products, call IMB Resource Center at 1-800-866-3621 or send e-mail to: resource.center@imb.org

 
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