Missions and Missionaries

As of 27 September 1991, there were 44,116 missionaries serving throughout the world in 267 missions. Over a five-year period, the number of missions has increased by 62, and the number of missionaries has increased by 9,366. This represents a 30-percent increase in the total number of missions and a 37-percent increase in the number of missionaries serving worldwide.

Missions

1987: 205
1988: 222
1989: 228
1990: 256
1990: 267

Missionaries

1987: 34,750
1988: 36,132
1989: 39,739
1990: 43,679
1991: 44,116