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Mission Personnel Statistics

To the Directors at the Annual Board Meeting, October 13-17, 2008, Stamford, CT

Commissioned Mission Personnel
GBGM Missionaries (Total GBGM missionaries serving in multiple categoroes: 1 Deaconess, 2 Home Missionaries, 3 Red Bird, 11 Missionaries for Global Health - Sub-Saharan Africa [49 US / 177 Overseas]) 226
Alaska Missionaries 30
Church & Community Workers (50 CCWs serving in multiple categories: 11 Deaconesses, 1 Home Missioner, 1 Volunteer) 50
Deaconess (147 Total Deaconesses with the following from this number deducted in the following roles: 11 CCWs, 1 GBGM)135
Home Missionary (17 Total Home Missionaries with the following from this number deducted in the following roles: 2 GBGM, 9 Red Bird)6
Home Missioner (5 Total Home Missioners with the following from this number deducted in the following role: 1 CCW4
Missionary Associates3
Mission Interns8
National Plan for Hispanic and Latino Ministry24
Red Bird Missionaries (10 Red Bird Missionaries serving in multiple categories: 7 Home Missionaries, with the following number deducted in the following roles: 3 GBGM)7
Regional Missionaries Working w/Women, Children & Youth7

Summer Intern Program (not included in final count)

15

US-2

14
Leave of Absence (not included in final count)23
TOTAL Commissioned Personnel514
 
Non-Commissioned Mission Personnel
Associates in Mission Service, Red Bird Missionary Conference40
Community Developers33
Negotiated Support22
TOTAL Non-Commissioned Mission Personnel95
 
SUB-TOTAL
Mission Personnel609
 
Partner Church Mission Personnel
Persons in Mission(in Own Country) and
International Persons in Mission
312
9
TOTAL Partner Church Mission Personnel321
 
COMBINED TOTAL
United Methodist/GBGM Supported Mission Personnel930

These persons are serving in a total of 61 different nations.