If I read right at (www.faithnews.cc/?p=21232) we have 53 full time paid career missionaries on the fields from the USA. I have always thought that we had more.And if these dedicated men and women raise their own budgets, I get a little confused as to the missions expenses sent to HQ. I was privileged like many before me to tour HQ, Both Church and missions. Now it causes me to wonder why I thought we had more men and women supported on the field.I must have been thinking of the local ministers under the Missionaries. We had a big discussion on Acts awhile back, but I do not remember the number coming up.. ________________Some facts but mostly just my [email protected]/
In response to an earlier question by my friend, Pastor Wayne Guilliams, who by the way is a tremendous supporter of World Missions, I wish to share the following report and personal point of view. Wayne’s questions was … Is it true the AOG has 2,800 full time missionaries, compared to our 35? Response: I can’t attest to the numbers of full time missionaries in the Assembly of God. The missionary resource of Church of God World Missions is difficult to define in terms of full time only. We have well over 30,000 individuals and families united in global ministries outside the United States and Canada among various classifications of ministry and missionary calling. Career Missionaries from the United States totally dependent on the funding they receive from donors is now 48 individuals. The Associate, Part Time and Short Term Missionary list is considerably larger. Add to that the list of specialized ministry personnel, seminary presidents, professors and national leaders along with indigenous workers plus national pastors and families. All of this combined historically has helped garner a harvest around the world. In 2013-14 they were used of God to bring in 1.8 million souls into the Kingdom of Heaven. Since September of 2014 until now, this army of men and women have planted almost 4,500 Churches around the world. That is a new church every two hours of the day. I’m sure the question has more to do with the North American number of missionaries being funded by donors and commissioned by World Missions. However the face of missions has changed and while The North American church is still most active and largely responsible for funding global ministry, it is being verified more and more that as others before me have said, The Mission Field has become a Mission Force.
agwm.com/assets/agwmvitalstats.pdf2807 full time missionaries in over 255 countries with another 5490 intl missionaries from 94
It is amazing what the CoG has been able to accomplish with so few missionaries. The AG would be hundreds, if not thousands, of times bigger than the CoG is worldwide if the AG missionaries were as effective as the CoG missionaries are.
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Mr. Quiet was doing anything more than rationalizing or he was being tongue in cheek. Surely he was not demeaning the greatest missions movement of the last 100 yrs? It’s appropriate to support your own organization but not at the expense of depracating others efforts.
Just pointing out the quite obvious fact that COGWM is evidently far more efficient and effective, per missionary, than AGWM. God bless both us and them, of course.
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facts vs factoids
I certainly am not trying to poke the bear here, but did anyone else notice that the A/G quote claims to be in
That is a good example, They be different that is for sure ________________Some facts but mostly just my [email protected]/
Before but according to this:Your Guide considers there to be 196 countries in the world, which is probably the best current answer to the question, How many countries are in the world?However…Recognize that there are dozens of territories and colonies that are sometimes erroneously called countries but don’t count at all – they’re governed by other countries. Places commonly confused as being countries include Puerto Rico, Bermuda, Greenland, Palestine, Western Sahara, and even the components of the United Kingdom (such as Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and England – they’re not fully independent countries, states, or nationS.