For more information about the recent increase in the full-time missionary force for the LDS Church, please refer to the following resources:
- Lowering the Minimum Mission Age: Analysis and Predictions for Growth for the LDS Church
- Analysis of New Missions to be Organized in July 2013
- Raising the Bar and Increasing the Number of Members Serving Missions
- 2012 Annual Statistical Report (blog post)
- April 6th, 2013 Update on the Number of Full-time Missionaries Serving (blog post)
- March 27th, 2013 Update on the Number of Full-time Missionaries Serving (blog post)
- January 8th, 2013 Update on the Number of Full-time Missionaries Serving (blog post)
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I've been trying to figure out for a while now why the number of people in the interview process is so low. What I came to realize is that only North American missionaries count in this column because the online application system is not established anywhere else in the world. There is no way for Church leadership to count those working on paper applications, hence the small number. In reality, it's probably closer to 8,000-9,000.
We are online now here in Denmark.
Looks like you're ahead of Germany then. I'm currently filling out my papers on actual paper and from what my bishop says there's no change planned on that for another few years at least. But anyways, South America, South Asia and Africa probably represent the biggest number of those prospective missionaries, especially since assigning calls from there takes much longer than from elsewhere. I've read a report from a missionary from Madagascar lately and it's usual for them to start filling out the papers one full year before the availability date, simply because even mailing the paperwork and receiving the call letter may take four or five months in some cases.
I note the Church News article on the 20th anniversary of the Church in Mongolia: [url]http://www.lds.org/church/news/members-celebrate-20-years-of-church-in-mongolia?lang=eng#1850353192[/url]
Do you know in how many countries the LDS church has missionaries? Thanks for your help.
@Brittney: I count at least 134 sovereign countries that currently have LDS proselytizing missionaries, but possibly up to 11 additional countries. I also count about 23 territories, and possibly 10 or so more, that have proselytizing missionaries. These numbers rise when considering non-proselytizing missionaries.
@Brittney: Here is a list that was compiled in chronological order of when missionary work began:
http://ldschurchgrowth.blogspot.com/2012/05/countries-of-world-and-year-opened-to.html
Plus after the list was compiled, missionaries arrived in Rwanda:
http://ldschurchgrowth.blogspot.com/search/label/Country%20Opened%20For%20Missionary%20Work
Does any one have any stats about the number of time people have to have interactions with the church or something to that effect before joining the church?
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