2022 Missions Founding
Data on the dates of missions organization founding.
113 agencies provided founding dates this year; 46% were founded after 1990.
Of those founded since 1990, only one (Friends Network/Lutheran) was a denominational agency. Of the 52 agencies started in 1990, 44% were Support agencies, 21% were Sending agencies, 19% were Service agencies and 15% were Specialized agencies. Seventy-eight percent of agencies started since 1990 focus on supporting, servicing or uniquely aiding mission agencies and movements, not sending. This is a notable change in focus from prior decades.
Definitions:
- Support Agency – An agency whose primary function is to provide a specialty to the mission community or global church.
- Sending Agency – An agency whose primary function is to send North American workers cross-culturally.
- Specialized Agency – An agency whose primary function is to supply financial support or other material help to national workers or the global church.
- Service Agency – An agency whose primary function is to provide a service to overseas churches or other agencies.
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