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Fast Facts about Nazarene Missions 
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The Church of the Nazarene ministers in 151 world areas. 
   
More than 770 missionaries were deployed from 34 world areas in 2007 including Mission Corps volunteers and tentmakers. 
   
Work & Witness deployed 651 teams (an average of 13 teams per week), and 10,695 participants donated more than 337 years of labor in 2007. 
   
World Mission Broadcast ministers via radio, television, and Internet, reaching the unreached in 73 countries, 30 languages, with 94 programs and 7,012 broadcasts. 
   
Literature projects were completed in 36 languages in 2007, with projects in process in an additional 57 languages. In 2007, Nazarenes sent 38,750 Crisis Care Kits. 
   
Nazarene Compassionate Ministries supports 10,205 children through Child Development in 79 countries. 
   
The total amount raised for World Evangelism Fund in 2007 was approximately US $48.5 million—135 districts globally paid or overpaid their accepted World Evangelism Fund allocation. 
   
As of April 15, 2007, the Church of the Nazarene through the JESUS film ministry made contact with more than 47 million people; 17.6 percent (8.3 million) accepted Christ; and 32.1 percent of the new converts were involved in follow-up (discipleship). Because of the JESUS film ministry, more than 15,000 mission churches have been started and more than 14,200 new pastors are in training. 
   
The Border Initiative, a ministry partnership between the World Mission and  USA/Canada Mission/Evangelism departments, has a team of missionaries in place who will develop and implement strategies to promote growth and development of the Church of the Nazarene on both sides of the Mexico/United States border. 
   
The Church of the Nazarene has 175 compassionate ministries centers in the United States of America and Canada to help care for underprivileged and hurting people.

 

  Dated 4/2008