Nazarene Mission Facts

⇒ The Church of the Nazarene is now ministering in 149 world areas with the addition of Kosovo in 2005.

⇒ There are 801 missionaries (including 264 contracted volunteers) in the Church of the Nazarene.
     These missionaries originate from 32 world areas.

⇒ As of March 2005, the Church of the Nazarene through the JESUS film ministry has made
     contact with 32.4 million people; 14.5 percent (4.7 million) of those viewing accepted Christ; and
     38 percent of the new converts have been involved in initial follow-up (discipleship).

⇒ In 2004, 505 Nazarenes in Volunteer Service (NIVS), including 25 tentmakers, and 268 Youth In
     Mission participants ministered around the world for the Church of the Nazarene.

⇒ The Church of the Nazarene is third among denominations in the number of short-term
     missionaries (2 weeks—2 years); seventh in the number of missionaries; and third with presence
     in various world areas. Mission Handbook, Wheaton College

⇒ The Church of the Nazarene ministers in more than 148 languages and 75 dialects or tribal
     languages and provides literature in 95 of these languages.

⇒ In 2004, the Church of the Nazarene sent 643 Work & Witness teams, with a total of 10,475
     participants. This represents an estimated 370 years of labor.

⇒ The two districts with the largest membership in the Church of the Nazarene are the Korea
     National District with 30,078 members and the Guatemala North Verapaz District with 29,978 members.

⇒ World Mission Broadcast ministers by radio, television, and Internet with 82 programs in 82
     countries in 35 languages and dialects. Coordinated through 6 regional communication centers,
     radio continues to be the most widely used medium of World Mission Broadcast to “Reach the
     Unreached” through a total of 1,142 broadcasts.

⇒ In 2004, Nazarene Compassionate Ministries’ Child Development program provided more than
     5,500 sponsorships and nutritional assistance to approximately 60,000 children in over 70
     countries.

⇒ The Church of the Nazarene has 189 Compassionate Ministries Centers and 1,216 Good
     Samaritan Churches in the United States of America (U.S.A.) and Canada to help care for
     underprivileged and hurting people.

⇒ In 2004, Nazarenes sent more than 56,000 Crisis Care Kits.

⇒ Alabaster funds 5 projects every week.

⇒ It takes approximately $55,000 per year or $151 per day to keep a missionary on the field; this
     includes the missionary’s assignment, language school, child education, medical plan, and daily
     living expenses.

⇒ 47 percent of Nazarene churches in the U.S.A. and 22 percent in Canada overpaid their World
    Evangelism Fund in 2004 for an overpayment of U.S. $1,595,832 to help enter new fields. In
     World Mission regions, 28 percent of the districts paid or overpaid their accepted World
     Evangelism Fund allocation.