Missions Statistics

Here is some statistics on the "deployment" of resources for missions (from The Traveling Team):

Missionaries: There are 410,000 Missionaries from all branches of Christendom. Only between 2 and 3% of these missionaries work among unreached peoples. 140,000 Protestant Missionaries. 64,000 Protestant Missionaries from the US.

Distribution of Protestant Missionaries among cultural blocks:
74% Among Nominal Christians
3% Among Buddhists
8% Among Tribal Peoples
2% Among Hindus
6% Among Muslims
2% Among Chinese Folk Religions
4% Among Non-Religious/Atheists
1% Among Jewish Peoples

Global Church Member Finance (in US Dollars):
12.3 Trillion - Total Annual Income
213 Billion - Giving to Christian Causes (1.73% of total income)
11.4 Billion - To Foreign Missions (5.4% of giving to Christian causes)
87% of foreign mission money goes for work among those already Christian
12% for work among evangelized non-Christians
1% for work among the unevangelized.

The church of Christ has over 100 times the resources needed to plant native churches in these people groups.