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Techfile: Top Countries Sending And Receiving Christian Missionaries - religion
A new study reveals how the missions field continues
to become increasingly global—in some surprising
ways. One example: South Korea has lost its No. 2
sending spot to four unlikely contenders.
The Center for the Study of Global Christianity (CSGC)
at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary calculates
that Christians sent out approximately 400,000
international missionaries in 2010. [/b]And nearly
half of the world"s top missionary-sending
countries are now located in the global South.
[b]The CSGC reports that "of the ten countries
sending the most missionaries in 2010, three
were in the global South: Brazil, South Korea, and
India." Other notable missionary senders included
South Africa, the Philippines, Mexico, China,
Colombia, and Nigeria.
However, the United States still tops the chart
by far in terms of total missionaries, sending
127,000 in 2010 compared to the 34,000 sent by
No. 2-ranked Brazil.
But examine the data differently—in terms of
missionaries sent per million church members—and
Palestine comes out on top at 3,401 sent, followed by
Ireland, Malta, and Samoa. (Interestingly, South Korea
ranks No. 5 at 1,014 missionaries sent per million
church members, a sign of the continued strength of
its missions movement compared to the No. 9-ranked
United States at 614 missionaries sent).
The CSGC says U.S. dominance is part of a persistent
missions imbalance: "The 10 countries that sent the
most international missionaries in 2010 were home to
32 percent of the world"s church members but sent
almost 73 percent of all international missionaries."
Meanwhile, most missionaries continue to go to
mostly Christian nations. "The "top nine" receiving
countries were home to only 3.5% of the world"s non-
Christians but received more than 34% of all
international missionaries," notes the CSGC. "All nine
have Christian majorities, and they were home to
over 34% of the world"s Christians in 2010."
By contrast, "The ten countries with the most non-
Christians in 2010 were home to 73% of all non-
Christians globally. Because many of them restrict or
deny missionary access, however, they received only
9% of all international missionaries," notes the CSGC.
The lion"s share are in China, India, and Nigiera,
where "large numbers of home missionaries also
work among non-Christians."
The country that received the most missionaries in
2010? The United States, with 32,400 sent from other
nations.
Also interesting is the fact that South Korea,
which previously occupied the No. 2 spot (as
detailed in a 2006 CT cover story, "Missions
Incredible" , now appears to have been eclipsed
by unlikely contenders. According to the CSGC,
Brazil, France, Spain, and Italy all sent more
missionaries than South Korea did in 2010.
(Browse the full results on pp. 76-77 of the
report.)
Meanwhile:
...The countries receiving the most missionaries per
million people are overwhelmingly in Oceania and
the Caribbean and have majority Christian
populations. More striking, the ten countries that
received the most missionaries per million non-
Christians averaged almost one for every seven. This
includes Samoa, at the top of the list, received more
than one missionary for every three non-Christians.
None of these countries was less than 90% Christian
and only three were less than 95%. Suriname, with a
bare Christian majority (51%), ranked 93rd on the list,
while Albania, the highest-ranked country with a true
Christian minority (32%), ranked 137th out of 232
countries. In addition, Samoa received one missionary
for every 2.5 non-Christians. Tonga received one
missionary for every 7.4 non-Christians, and
Micronesia one for every 11.1 non-Christians.
publicpolicy.pepperdine.edu/masters-13
The CSGC also estimates that in just seven years,
more than 9 in 10 people in the world will be
religious, up 2 percent over similar data collected in
2010. It predicts that Christianity will be only the fifth-
fastest growing religion in the world, coming in
behind the Baha"i faith, Islam, Sikhism, and Jainism.
CT has previously reported on research that examines
the future of Christianity, as well as on trends in the
faith such as the "end of nominal Protestantism." Last
September, CT spotlighted Asian American religiosity,
noting that Asian American evangelicals are more
likely than white evangelicals to say that Christianity
is the only path to eternal life.
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