NAMB First Generation Immigration Results from National Leaders

NAMB First Generation Immigration Results from

National Leaders

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Methodology Online survey conducted among 5 groups:

1. National/regional leaders

2. Missionaries

3. Professors

4. Pastors

5. Laity

This report focuses on responses from leaders of national and regional organizations Evangelical denominations and para-church ministries were invited to participate by phone and email; The survey was conducted between July 21 – September 2, 2009 for the North American Mission Board


National Leaders by Country

474 national and regional respondents participated in the study including the following organizations: IVCF Canada Missions Door CA, International Immigration Service and Aid Center Mosaix Global Network Assemblies of God The Wesleyan Church Instituto Biblico Bautista Hispano Mission to North America (PCA) LAX Urban Center

574 national and regional respondents participated in the study including the following organizations: Southern Asia Fellowship China Outreach Ministries EFCA West Ukrainian Baptist Convention USA EL CIELO Ministries Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod Genesis Alliance Global Recordings Network Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod

674 national and regional respondents participated in the study including the following organizations: World Relief North American Mission Board Community Servants, Inc Restoration House Ministries Esperanza Church of the Nazarene Hispanics for Christ Karen Christian Fellowship United Methodist Church

774 national and regional respondents participated in the study; the following organizations identified themselves: Foursquare Gospel Church American Missionary Fellowship SIHOP (Southern IL Hispanic Outreach Project) Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) SBC state conventions: MO, CA, AZ, WY,

SBTC, FL, AR, VA, DC 3 SBC associations Wesleyan districts: Wisconsin, South Coastal,

Kansas, Pacific Southwest, Greater Ohio 9 churches with regional ministries

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Accurately Interpreting the Data Please note that all data in this report is based

on the responses of the participating national and regional organizational leaders and does not claim to be exhaustive or comprehensive beyond what has been reported by these organizations.

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First generation immigrants may come from any of 202 countries –

The number of organizations (among the 74 national and regional respondents) working

among each group varies widely

1051 of 202 countries have no organizations working among their immigrants to North America

Q1. Thinking of all of the first generation immigrant groups with whom your organization ministers in North America, from which of the following countries did they immigrate?

None of the national or regional organizations responding currently minister to immigrants from the following countries

BahrainBelgiumBrunei Darussalam

Burkina FasoCyprusDenmarkDjiboutiFinlandGuinea BissauVatican CityIrelandKiribatiLatvia

LesothoLiechtensteinLithuaniaLuxembourgMadagascarMaldivesMaltaMauritaniaMonacoMontenegroMoroccoNagorno-Karabakh

Namibia

NauruNew ZealandNigerNorthern CyprusNorwayOmanPalauQatarSan MarinoSao Tome & Principe

SenegalSeychellesSlovenia

Solomon IslandsSurinameSvalbard & Jan Mayen

SwazilandSwedenSwitzerlandTransnistriaTunisiaTurkmenistanTuvaluWestern SaharaZambia

11First generation immigrants from 34 countries had only a single organization ministering to them


Number of the national or regional organizations responding that currently minister to immigrants from the following countries

1 organizationAbkhaziaAndorraAntigua & BarbudaAustraliaBeninBotswanaChadComorosGabonGreeceGrenada

1 organizationPalestinian TerritoryPapua New GuineaSaint Kitts & NevisSaint LuciaSaint VincentSerbiaSyriaTajikistanTanzaniaTogoTongaVanuatu

1 organizationGuadeloupeIcelandKazakstanKyrgyzstanLibyaMacedoniaMarshall IslandsMauritiusMoldovaMozambiqueNetherlands

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2 organizationsAustriaAzerbaijanBelarusCameroonCape VerdeCentral African

RepublicEast TimorEquatorial GuineaEstonia

2 organizationsGeorgiaGuineaKosovoKuwaitMalawiMaliPolandSlovakiaYemen

3 organizationsAlbaniaAlgeriaAngolaArmeniaBulgariaCongoCote D’IvoireCroatiaCzech RepublicGambiaJordanMalaysiaMicronesia

3 organizationsMongoliaPortugalRwandaSamoaSaudi ArabiaSouth AfricaTurkeyUgandaUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomZimbabwe

First generation immigrants from 42 countries had two or three organizations ministering to them

1328 of 202 countries have four to six organizations working among their immigrants to North America



4 organizationsBarbadosCongo, Democratic Republic of

DominicaEgyptFijiGuyanaIsrael ItalyLebanonRomaniaSri LankaUzbekistan

5 organizationsBangladeshBurundiGermanyHungarySingaporeSomalia

6 organizationsAfghanistan Bahamas Belize Bosnia & HerzegovinaFrance GhanaLaosRussiaTrinidad and TobagoUruguay

1447 of 202 countries have 7 or more organizations working among their immigrants to North America



Argentina 23Bhutan 9Bolivia 15Brazil 22Cambodia 10Chile 20China 30Colombia 25Costa Rica 17Cuba 19Dominican

Republic 17

Ecuador 18El Salvador 29Eritrea 8Ethiopia 14Guatemala 34Haiti 17Honduras 28Hong Kong 14India 18Indonesia 13Iran 10Iraq 14

Jamaica 9Japan 20Kenya 8North Korea 10South Korea 21Liberia 14Mexico 53Myanmar 13Nepal 10Nicaragua 20Nigeria 11Pakistan 11Panama 18

Paraguay 11Peru 22Philippines 22Sierra Leone 8Spain 11Sudan 11Taiwan 12Thailand 15Ukraine 7Venezuela 21Vietnam 16

15First generation immigrants from half the world’s countries have little or no national/ regional efforts underway to reach them


Percentage of birth countries ministered to by each number of responding organizations doing work among first generation

immigrants in North America

26% 26%

25%23%

No national/regional organizations working among these immigrant groups

One or two national/regional organizations working among these immigrant groups

7 or more national/ regional organizations working among these immigrant groups

3 to 6 national/regional organizations working among these immigrant groups

16Countries of origin whose immigrants have the most national and regional ministries working among them



Colombia 25Argentina 23Brazil 22Peru 22Philippines 22

Top 5Mexico 53Guatemala 34China 30El Salvador 29Honduras 28 South Korea 21

Venezuela 21Chile 20Japan 20Nicaragua 20

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The heart language was identified for the first generation immigrants among whom

national and regional organizations minister – 24 specific languages were tested

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Languages spoken by first generation immigrants as their heart language

Number of responding organizations serving among first generation immigrants speaking each language

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21

22

25

30

55

0 10 20 30 40 50 60

Farsi

Japanese

Arabic

Korean

Chinese

Spanish

Q2. What language(s) do these first generation immigrants speak as their heart language?

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Languages spoken by first generation immigrants as their heart language continued


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14

15

15

15

15

0 10 20 30 40 50 60

Tagalog

French

Vietnamese

Russian

Hindi

English


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6

8

9

10

12

12

0 10 20 30 40 50 60

German

Cambodian/ Khmer

Laotian

Thai

Portuguese

Hmong


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2

2

3

3

3

6

0 10 20 30 40 50 60

Italian

Greek

Polish

Ilocano

Gujarathi

Urdu


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National and regional leaders reported the number of missionaries and church planters they have working among first generation

immigrants from each country

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National and regional* organizations report a total of 3,757 missionaries church planters working among first generation immigrants

Q3. Please indicate the approximate number of missionaries and/or church planters affiliated with your organization who work among first generation immigrant groups in North America. (If you don’t know for sure, please make your best estimate.)

Average Number of Missionaries and/or Church Planters affiliated with a responding organization working among

first generation immigrant groups in North America.

Mean: 54 Median: 12

*Regional or district responses may include some of the same missionaries and church planters reported by their national organization

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86 Hong Kong83 Nicaragua 82 Brazil72 Chile68 India66 Taiwan 62 Colombia61 Myanmar 61 Philippines

1,715 Mexico 549 South Korea 188 Guatemala 163 China 162 Cuba 159 El Salvador 151 Haiti 135 Honduras 103 Venezuela

57 Peru 54 Ukraine 53 Vietnam 52 Iran51 Slovakia50 Costa Rica

Q4. Thinking of the missionaries and/or church planters in your organization from question 3 who work among each first generation immigrant groups, how many work among each immigrant group listed below? (The same missionary may be counted more than once if they work among multiple groups.)

Number of Missionaries and/or Church Planters reported by national or regional organizations working among

first generation immigrant groups from each country

First generation immigrants from 24 countries have more than 50 missionaries or church planters in North America

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29 Cambodia29 Eritrea29 North Korea 28 Bhutan28 Japan 26 Sierra Leone25 Bosnia & Herzegovina24 Afghanistan24 Thailand 23 Uzbekistan

48 Panama 42 Ethiopia 40 Argentina 37 Indonesia37 Nigeria 37 Sudan 35 Dominican Republic35 Liberia 34 Ecuador 33 Iraq


22 Burundi22 Somalia22 Spain 21 Congo, Democratic

Republic of21 Rwanda20 Angola20 Kosovo20 Zimbabwe

First generation immigrants from 28 countries have 20-49 missionaries or church planters in North America



26First generation immigrants from 35 countries have two to nineteen missionaries or church planters in North America

19 Uruguay16 Bolivia16 Jamaica16 Pakistan15 Ghana15 Romania14 Russia12 Laos11 Nepal10 Paraguay 9 Kenya 9 Malaysia

6 Comoros6 Fiji6 Syria6 Uganda5 Belize 5 Germany5 Guyana5 Saudi Arabia5 Trinidad and Tobago 4 Bahamas 4 Israel 4 Turkey




3 Albania3 France 3 Hungary3 Serbia3 Sri Lanka3 Togo2 Cote D’Ivoire2 Egypt2 Mongolia2 Portugal2 Singapore

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AlgeriaAzerbaijanBangladeshBarbados CameroonCentral African RepublicCongoCroatiaCzech RepublicEstoniaGambiaGeorgia

First generation immigrants from 24 countries have a single missionary or church planter in North America



Guinea ItalyJordanKuwaitMaliMicronesiaPalestinian TerritoryPapua New GuineaPoland South AfricaUnited Arab EmiratesYemen


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The average receptivity to the Gospel among first generation immigrants as

indicated by national and regional leaders

29On average first generation immigrants are somewhat receptive to the Gospel

according to national and regional leaders

3.4

1 2 3 4 5 Not Receptive Veryat all Receptive

Average receptivity to the Gospel among first generation immigrants from ALL countries reported by national and regional leaders

Q5. Among the first generation immigrant groups with whom your organization works, please indicate each group’s overall receptivity to the Gospel. Receptivity includes both the speed and the ease with which someone who hears the Gospel responds in belief and repentance.

30First generation immigrant groups that are more receptive to the Gospel according to

national and regional leadersAverage receptivity to the Gospel among first generation immigrants

reported by national and regional leaders by country


Ecuador 4.2

Guatemala 4.2

Liberia 4.1

Honduras 4.0

El Salvador 4.0

Myanmar 4.0

Brazil 4.0

Costa Rica 4.0

Kenya 4.0

Mexico 4.0

Nicaragua 3.9

South Korea 3.9

Peru 3.8

Jamaica 3.8

Cuba 3.7

Argentina 3.7

Ethiopia 3.6

Philippines 3.6

Dominican Republic 3.6

China 3.6

Colombia 3.6

Bolivia 3.5

Haiti 3.5

Venezuela 3.5


Minimum 5 leaders responding

31First generation immigrant groups that are somewhat receptive to the Gospel

according to national and regional leadersAverage receptivity to the Gospel among first generation immigrants



Panama 3.4

Chile 3.4

Sierra Leone 3.3

Hong Kong 3.3

Sudan 3.3

Paraguay 3.3

Taiwan 3.3

Nigeria 3.2

Thailand 3.2

Bhutan 3.1

Nepal 3.0

Ukraine 3.0

Cambodia 3.0

Eritrea 3.0

North Korea 3.0



32First generation immigrant groups that are less receptive to the Gospel according to

national and regional leadersAverage receptivity to the Gospel among first generation immigrants



Vietnam 2.9

Spain 2.9

Indonesia 2.8

India 2.5

Pakistan 2.5

Japan 2.3

Iran 2.2

Iraq 2.2



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The level of change in participation/ attendance among first generation

immigrant believers from each country as estimated by national and regional leaders

34Across all first generation immigrant groups, the average national/ regional organization saw a few more participants

Q8. Among the first generation immigrant groups with whom your organization works, please indicate the level of change in participation/attendance over the last year.

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Many lessparticipants than

1 year ago(Decrease of 10%

or more)

Less totalparticipants than

1 year ago(Decrease of less

than 10%)

About the samenumber of

participants as 1year ago

More totalparticipants than

1 year ago(Growth of less

than 10%)

Many more totalparticipants than

1 year ago(Growth of 10%

or more)

Average change in participation/attendance over the last year among first generation immigrants from ALL countries

reported by national and regional leaders

Mean: 3.4

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Argentina 3.3

Bhutan 3.6

Bolivia 3.2

Brazil 3.6

Cambodia 4.0

Chile 3.1

China 3.6

Colombia 3.3

Costa Rica 3.5

Cuba 3.4

Dominican Republic 3.5

Ecuador 3.3

El Salvador 3.5

Ethiopia 3.2

Guatemala 3.5Haiti 3.6Honduras 3.6Hong Kong 3.6India 3.1Indonesia 3.6Iran 3.2Iraq 3.6Japan 2.9South Korea 3.8Liberia 3.6Mexico 3.9Myanmar 4.3Nepal 3.6

Nicaragua 3.3Nigeria 3.2Pakistan 3.4Panama 3.2Paraguay 3.3Peru 3.3Philippines 3.5Spain 2.8Sudan 3.9Taiwan 3.9Thailand 3.9Venezuela 3.2Vietnam 4.0

Q8. Among the first generation immigrant groups with whom your organization works, please indicate the level of change in participation/attendance over the last year.

1 2 3 4 5

Many Less Less About the same More Many more(Decrease 10%+) (Decrease <10%) (Growth <10%) (Growth 10%+)

Average national/ regional organization’s change in number of participants by first generation immigrant group


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New work planned in the next 3 years among first generation immigrant believers from additional countries as estimated by

national and regional leaders

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Percentage of organizations planning to begin work in the next 3 years among first generation immigrants from additional countries

Q11. Is your organization planning to begin work in the next 3 years among first generation immigrants from any additional countries with whom you are not currently working?

Yes55%

45%No

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National/ regional ministries plan to begin work among first generation immigrants from 9 countries that currently are not being ministered to

None of the national or regional organizations responding currently minister to immigrants from the following countries, but one

organization plans to begin work among them in the next 3 years

BahrainBelgiumBrunei DarussalamNamibiaNorwayPalauSenegalSwedenSwitzerland

Q12. Please indicate the countries of origin of those additional first generation immigrant groups that you are planning to begin work in the next 3 years.

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National or regional organizations have no work and do not plan to begin work among first generation immigrants from 42 countriesNone of the national or regional organizations responding currently

minister to immigrants from the following countries

Burkina FasoCyprusDenmarkDjiboutiFinlandGuinea BissauVatican CityIrelandKiribatiLatvia

LesothoLiechtensteinLithuaniaLuxembourgMadagascarMaldivesMaltaMauritaniaMonacoMontenegroMorocco

Nagorno-KarabakhNauruNew ZealandNigerNorthern CyprusOmanQatarSan MarinoSao Tome & Principe

SeychellesSlovenia

Solomon IslandsSurinameSvalbard & Jan Mayen

SwazilandTransnistriaTunisiaTurkmenistanTuvaluWestern SaharaZambia


40No additional national/ regional organizations plan to begin working among immigrants from of these 62 countries:BahamasBoliviaBotswanaBurundiCameroonCape VerdeChadComorosCongoCosta RicaCroatiaDominicaEast TimorEquatorial GuineaEritreaEstoniaEthiopia

Mali MauritiusMoldovaMongoliaMozambiqueNepalNetherlandsPapua New GuineaParaguayPolandSaint Kitts & NevisSaint LuciaSaint VincentSierra LeoneSingaporeSlovakia

GabonGambiaGeorgiaGreeceGrenada GuadeloupeGuineaHungaryIcelandItalyJamaicaKyrgyzstanLiberiaMacedoniaMalawiMalaysia


SpainSri LankaTajikistanTanzaniaTogoTrinidad & TobagoUgandaUnited Arab

EmiratesUnited KingdomUzbekistanVanuatuYemenZimbabwe

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1 additionalAbkhaziaAndorraAngolaAntigua & BarbudaAustraliaAustriaAzerbaijanBarbadosBelizeBeninBhutanBrazilBulgariaChile

1 additionalChinaColombiaCote D’IvoireCzech RepublicDominican RepublicEcuadorFijiFranceGermanyGhanaGuyanaHong KongIndonesiaIsrael

1 additionalSerbiaSomaliaSouth AfricaSudanSyriaThailandTongaTurkey UkraineUruguayVenezuela


One additional national/ regional organizations plans to begin working among immigrants from of these 53 countries:

1 additionalJordanKosovoKuwaitLaosLibya Marshall Islands MicronesiaNorth Korea South KoreaNicaraguaPanamaPortugal RomaniaSamoa

42Multiple national/regional organizations plan to begin work among first generation immigrants from 36 countries

3 additionalAfghanistan CambodiaHaitiHondurasIndiaIranPakistanRwandaVietnam

4 additionalGuatemalaMyanmarRussia


2 additionalAlbaniaAlgeriaArgentinaArmenia BangladeshBelarusBosnia &

HerzegovinaCentral African

RepublicCongo, Democratic

Republic ofCubaEgypt

2 additionalEl SalvadorJapanKazakstanKenyaLebanonMexicoNigeriaPalestinian TerritoryPeruPhilippinesSaudi ArabiaTaiwan

6 additionalIraq


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