Facing the Facts While working on the much larger study of where all Independent Baptist Mies. are serving, we were made aware of this survey published in 1988 by Rudy Johnson of LAMP.   We did the followup work to include 1995 statistics.   Although not including Local Church sponsored mies., as the study already underway, it proved an excellent opportunity to track how we as Independent Baptists' are doing with sending and maintaining mies. on the foreign field. Africa 1983 1987 1995 estimated # of souls Central Africa 82 37 29 2.73m Chad 19 8 5 4.77m Egypt 3 1 1 53.34m Ethiopia 1 1 4 48.26m Gambia 2 1 10 779,488 Ghana 41 19 18 14.36m Ivory Coast 26 17 14 11.18m Kenya 41 27 30 23.34m Liberia 0 0 14 2.46m Malawi 0 0 3 7.67m Niger 0 1 1 7.21m Nigeria 6 5 10 111.90m Senegal 12 4 2 7.28m South Africa 32 37 38 35.09m Tanzania 0 0 7 24.29m Togo (Togolese) 36 32 35 3.33m Uganda 0 0 4 16.44m Zaire 2 5 9 33.29m Zambia 0 0 8 7.54m TOTAL 303 195 242 Asia 1983 1987 1995 est. # of souls Bangladesh 66 55 38 109.96m Cambodia (Kampuchea) 0 0 2 6.68m China 0 0 8 1,088.16m Hong Kong 20 24 17 5.65m India 33 12 11 816.828m Indonesia 20 10 7 184.01m Israel 1 5 6 4.29m Japan (Nippon) 152 94 71 122.62m Jordan 27 0 0 2.85m Korea 44 19 15 N21.98m; S42.77m Lebanon 4 3 1 2.67m Nepal 0 0 1 18.25m Okinawa 0 1 0 Pakistan 2 1 1 107.46m Philippines 196 143 87 63.19m Singapore 3 5 12 2.64m Sri Lanka 0 2 2 16.63m Taiwan 30 14 14 20.00m Thailand 20 11 15 54.58m Vietnam 0 0 4 65.18m TOTAL 618 399 312 Caribbean 1983 1987 1995 est. # of souls Anguilla 0 0 1 6,875 Antigua (Barbuda) 0 0 3 70,925 Aruba 1 1 0 62,322 Bahamas 91 18 9 242,983 Cayman Islands 0 4 3 23,037 Cuba 0 0 4 10.35m Dominican Republic 19 8 5 7.13m Grenada 2 4 2 84,455 Haiti 26 43 16 6.29m Jamaica 16 13 6 2.45m Mariana Island 2 3 0 20,591 Netherlands Antilles 4 0 0 182,676 Puerto Rico 42 22 34 3.35m St. Kitts 0 0 1 36,738 St. Lucia 8 0 0 136,564 St. Martin 1 0 0 St. Vincent 4 0 1 107,425 Trinidad (Tobago) 3 0 0 1.27m Virgin Islands 20 3 4 112,636 West Indies 12 6 7 Windward Islands 0 0 6 TOTAL 251 125 102 North America 1983 1987 1995 est. # of souls Alaska 24 33 32 513,000 Canada 35 54 53 26.08m Indians 57 42 33 TOTAL 116 129 118

Eastern Europe & Eurasia 1983 1987 1995 est. # of souls Albania 0 0 2 3.14m Belarus 0 0 1 Bulgaria 0 0 2 8.96m Czech Rep. 0 0 2 15.62m Hungary 0 0 7 10.58m Lithuania 0 0 5 Moldova 0 0 3 Poland 0 0 3 37.95m Romania 0 0 7 23.04m Russia 0 0 28 Slovak Rep. 0 0 4 Ukraine 0 0 2 TOTAL 0 0 66 Western Europe 1983 1987 1995 est. # of souls Austria 14 6 4 7.57m Azores 0 0 1 Belgium 2 5 5 9.88m Canary Islands 0 1 1 1.44m Cyprus 0 1 0 691,966 Denmark 2 0 0 5.12m England 50 51 42 47m Finland 2 1 1 4.94m France 62 46 47 55.79m Germany 60 42 46 E16.59m; W60.98m Greece 1 2 2 10.01m Holland 9 4 2 Iceland 0 2 1 246,526 Ireland 17 4 15 3.53m Italy 27 14 15 57.45m Malta 0 1 1 369,240 Netherlands 0 0 5 14.71m Norway 27 10 9 4.19m Portugal 8 17 20 10.38m Scotland 5 18 14 5.20m Spain 68 50 36 39.20m Sweden 0 1 1 8.39m Switzerland 0 0 1 6.59m Wales 1 3 9 2.83m TOTAL 355 275 278 Latin America 1983 1987 1995 est. # of souls Argentina 28 18 29 31.53m Belize 3 4 4 171,735 Bolivia 17 22 11 6.44m Brazil 403 283 246 150.68m Chile 41 27 36 12.63m Colombia 39 23 20 31.29m Costa Rica 34 17 12 2.88m Ecuador 13 9 25 10.23m El Salvador 8 2 0 5.38m Guatemala 12 6 7 8.83m Guyana 0 0 6 765,796 Honduras 22 13 15 4.97m Mexico 130 167 130 83.52m Nicaragua 0 0 1 3.40m Panama 8 6 4 2.32m Paraguay 0 17 13 4.38m Peru 90 70 36 21.26m Uruguay 6 8 7 2.97m Venezuela 16 6 5 18.77m TOTAL 870 698 607 South Pacific 1983 1987 1995 est. # of souls Australia 95 70 68 16.26m Burma 0 1 0 39.63m Fiji 2 2 3 740,761 Fr. Polynesia 4 3 0 190,939 Guam 2 0 0 130,266 Hawaii 15 17 10 1.09m Micronesia 0 0 4 86,094 New Guinea 37 38 30 3.64m New Zealand 23 16 14 3.34m Samoa 4 0 1 178,045 Tonga 1 0 0 99,620 TOTAL 183 147 130 1983 1987 1995 Totals 2696 1968 1855 Note: The original survey which included the 1983 and 1987 figures was compiled and published by R. Johnson of L. I.   The follow up figures in 1995 were gathered by Tom Gaudet of Old Paths Scripture Press.   We wish to acknowledge the following Mission Agencies which participated in the survey: Baptist M.- M., W. Baptist F., A. P. Baptist M., C. M. C., Baptist B. F. I., Baptist W. M., L. Baptist M., M. Baptist M., A. of Baptists for W. E., Baptist Evangelistic My. Association (no longer exists), and Baptist I. M.

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