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A few interesting stats I read today from a missions journal i get...

  • Total number of denominations worldwide - 37,000
  • Percentage of the world’s 6.6 billion people who call themselves “Christian” – 31.4% - 2.2 billion
  • Ratio of “white” to “non-white” Christians - 44% are white, 56% are non white
  • Number of evangelical Christians in the world – 259 million
  •   Number of languages worldwide with at least a portion of Scripture translated – 2,238
  • Number of women in full-time Christian ministry serving around the world – 4.4 million
  • Total number of Christian foreign missionaries currently deployed worldwide – 443,000 in 4,340 agencies
  • The six countries that receive the greatest number of foreign missionaries – USA – 35, 100; Brazil – 26, 400; Russia – 20,100; France – 16, 900; Britain – 15,800; D.R. Congo – 15,800
  • Number of Africans who are serving as foreign missionaries on other continents – Almost 19,000

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