Facts on World Missions
Blind beggar on the street in Madagascar.........
Baptist Missionaries Around the World conducted 2008
** List acquired from Baptist Mission Boards
** Independent Study to help show where Missionaries are or are not
in the world and which countries actually need Missionaries.......
** This list does not include Independent Baptist Missionaries not under a mission board.
* Most missionaries do work through a mission board and not a local church
** List does not include Southern Baptist ** 65% of S.B. Missionaries are in North America only
- Africa
Population (Millions) # of Baptist Missionaries
Nigeria 148 5
Ethiopia 77 12
Congo 63 3
S. Africa 48 75
Tanzania 40 12
Sudan 39 1
Kenya 38 41
Algeria 34 0
Morocco 31 0
Uganda 31 17
Ghana 23 21
Mozambique 21 3
Madagascar 20 3
Cote d'Ivoire 19 13
Cameroon 19 20
Angola 17 0
Burkina Faso 15 5
Malawi 14 1
Niger 14 7
Zimbabwe 13 0
Mali 12 6
Senegal 12 1
Zambia 12 27
Chad 11 5
Tunisia 10 0
Rwanda 10 0
Guinea 9 0
Somalia 9 0
Benin 9 2
Burundi 9 0
Togo 7 33
Sierra Leone 6 2
Libya 6 0
Eritrea 5 0
Central Afr. Rep. 4 2
Liberia 3.8 7
Congo 3.5 1
Mauritania 3.1 0
Lesotho 2 0
Namibia 2 0
Botswana 1.9 3
The Gambia 1.7 13
Guinea-Bissau 1.7 0
Gabon 1.3 0
Mauritius 1.3 1
Swaziland In S. Africa 1.1 0
Reunion 0.8 0
Djibouti 0.8 0
Comoros 0.7 0
Equatorial Guinea 0.5 0
Cape Verde 0.5 0
W. Sahara 0.5 0
Sao Tome & Principe 0.2 0
Mayotte 0.3 0
Seychelles 0.1 0
Saint Helena 0.01 0
Total 883 million 342
Central & South America
Population (Millions) # of Baptist Missionaries
Brazil 187 262
Mexico 107 195
Colombia 44 14
Argentina 41 42
Canada 33 92
Peru 29 81
Venezuela 28 18
Chile 17 39
Ecuador 13 22
Guatemala 13 10
Cuba 11 4
Dominican Rep 10 17
Bolivia 10 16
Haiti 10 11
Honduras 7 25
El Salvador 7 5
Paraguay 6 9
Nicaragua 6 17
Puerto Rico 4 23
Costa Rica 4 34
Uruguay 3.3 17
Panama 3.5 7
Jamaica 2.7 6
Trinidad & Tobago 1.3 10
Guyana 0.7 6
Suriname 0.5 1
Guadeloupe 0.4 1
Martinique 0.4 0
The Bahamas 0.3 8
Iceland 0.3 0
Barbados 0.3 1
Belize 0.4 7
French Guiana 0.2 0
St. Lucia 0.2 5
Virgin Islands 0.1 1
St. Vinc.&Grenadines 0.1 3
Grenada&Geraldine Is 0.1 1
Dominica 0.1 1
Aruba 0.06 0
Antigua 0.07 3
Bermuda 0.06 0
Greenland 0.05 0
St. Kitts & Nevis 0.04 2
Cayman Islands 0.04 3
Turks and Caicos Is. 0.02 1
Montserrat 0.01 0
Nauru 0.01 1
Anguilla 0.01 1
Total 602 million 1022
Asia & The Pacific
Population (Millions) # of Baptist Missionaries
China 1324 19
India 1133 24
Indonesia 232 11
Bangladesh 159 35
Japan 128 59- Most are missionaries to American service men in Japan
Philippines 89 101- over 5000 Baptist Churches on the islands of Philippines
Vietnam 87 2
Thailand 63 34
Myanmar (Burma) 49 4
South Korea 48 19
Nepal 28 11
Malaysia 27 0
North Korea 24 0
Taiwan 23 11
Australia 21 66- over 300 missionaries in last 40 yrs.
Sri Lanka 19 2
Cambodia 14 20
Hong Kong 7 11
Laos 6 0
Papua New Guinea 6 35
Singapore 5 14
New Zealand 4 34
Mongolia 2.6 13
Fiji 0.8 12
Bhutan 0.7 0
Solomon Is. 0.5 0
Macau 0.5 0
Brunei 0.4 0
Maldives 0.3 0
French Polynesia 0.2 2
New Caledonia 0.2 0
Vanuatu 0.2 3
Samoa 0.2 1
Guam 0.15 9
Micronesia 0.1 16
Tonga 0.1 0
Kiribati 0.1 1
Marshall Islands 0.06 3
N. Mariana Islands 0.07 2
American Samoa 0.06 1
Palau 0.02 0
Wallis & Futuna 0.02 0
Tuvalu 0.01 0
Total 3.5 Billion 575
Europe
Population (Millions) # of Baptist Missionaries
Russia 142 31
Germany 82 66
France 64 47
G.B.-Eng,Scot,Wales 61 104
Italy 59 23
Ukraine 46 30
Spain 45 50
Poland 38 9
Romania 21 42
Netherlands 16 10
Greece 11 2
Belgium 11 8
Portugal 11 27
Belarus 10 2
Czech Republic 10 7
Hungary 10 10
Serbia & Montenegro & Kosovo 10 5
Sweden 9 4
Austria 8 9
Bulgaria 8 3
Switzerland 8 1
Slovakia 5 10
Denmark 5 1
Finland 5 1
Norway 5 5
Croatia 5 2
Bosnia & Herzegovina 4 2
Ireland 4 39
Moldova 4 2
Lithuania 3.4 4
Albania 3.2 5
Latvia 2 2
Macedonia 2 0
Slovenia 2 2
Estonia 1 4
Luxembourg 0.5 3
Malta 0.4 2
Iceland 0.3 5
Jersey 0.1 0
Isle of Man 0.1 0
Andorra 0.06 0
Guernsey 0.06 0
Faroe Islands 0.04 0
Liechtenstein 0.03 0
Monaco 0.03 0
Gibraltar 0.03 0
San Marino 0.02 0
Svalbard 0.003 0
Total 733 Million 579
Middle East
Population (Millions) # of Baptist Missionaries
Pakistan 163 0
Egypt 75 1
Turkey 71 0
Iran 71 0
Iraq 29 0
Afghanistan 27 0
Uzbekistan 27 0
Saudi Arabia 25 0
Yemen 22 0
Syria 20 0
Kazakhstan 15 1
Azerbaijan 8 0
Tajikistan 7 0
Israel 7 5
Jordan 6 0
Kyrgyzstan 5 0
Turkmenistan 5 0
Georgia 4 0
Lebanon 4 0
United Arab Emirates 4 1
Armenia 3 1
Kuwait 3 0
Oman 2.6 0
Cyprus 0.9 2
Qatar 0.8 0
Bahrain 0.8 0
Total 608 million 11
Overall Total 6.3 Billion 2523 Missionaries
Population (Millions) # of Baptist Missionaries
United States 304 over 9000 Missionaries From Boards Below
- America only has 5% of the world's population and
- already have more Baptist Churches than any other
- country in the world......
Mission Boards
Total Foreign Missionaries
Baptist Bible Fellowship 393
Baptist International Missions 319
Association of Baptists for World Evangelism 438
Baptist Mid Missions 281
Central Missionary Clearing House 265
Baptist World Mission 155
Biblical Ministries Worldwide 100
Gospel Fellowship Association 97
World Baptist Fellowship 60
Evangelical Baptist Missions 53
Macedonia World Baptist Missions 82
World-wide New Testament Baptist Missions 58
Maranatha Baptist Missions 28
Baptist Missions to Forgotten Peoples 78
Fundamental Baptist World Wide Missions 19
Independent Baptist Fellowship International 17
Baptist Foreign Missions 12
International Baptist Missions 15
Prayer Baptist Missions 13
Global Independent Baptist Fellowship 17
Other Small Boards 23
Total Board Missionaries outside America 2523
Mormon Religion has over 100,000 missionaries around the world
http://www.dearelder.com/index/inc_name/Mormon_Missionaries/
7th Day Adventist have over 2500 missionaries and
have started over 30,000 congregations from 2000 to 2010
7th Day Adventist website
J.W.'s
are working in 90% of counties world wide- Shouldn't everyone hear the true gospel at least once before some one hears it twice, three times or every week !!!!!!
- Romans 15:20 This verse is so important........
Picture of our daughter Selah at 8 months when we first arrived in Madagascar. Sorry the server will not let me move the picture to another page............
