Abstract
International Bulletin of Missionary Research, Vol. 35, No. 1 I preparing for each new edition of the Mission Handbook, the Evangelism and Mission Information Service of the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College surveys North American Protestant agencies and aggregates the data collected to get a statistical snapshot of the overall Protestant missions landscape.1 In preparation for the 2010–12 edition, in 2008 we surveyed 966 organizations (800 U.S., 166 Canadian), 144 more than for the previous edition (100 U.S., 44 Canadian).2 Altogether, in 2008 North American agencies reported a significant 9.7 percent increase in the total full-time missionary force they mobilized, compared with the 2005 survey.3 Readers must keep in mind that this synopsis (1) includes what the agencies actually reported to us and (2) does not include information from the ever-growing numbers of churches—especially megachurches—that are bypassing mission agencies in sending out cross-cultural workers.
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