Respondents were asked to indicate their congregations' involvement in four particular activities related to world mission. The table shows these results.
Congregational Involvement in World Mission Projects
Percent of
Type of Mission Project Congregations
Members travel to mission projects
outside the U.S. for learning/service . . . . 17%
Church-to-church relationship
with a congregation outside U.S. . . . . . . . 8%
Members or other persons related to congregation
serve as mission personnel outside the U.S. .13%
Other on-going relationship to particular
mission project outside the U.S. . . . . . .22%
Congregations that were involved in a particular activity were also asked about the entity which
developed or sponsored each type of project. As can be seen in the next table, it was most common for
these activities to be sponsored by the congregation. The exception was in the case where members or
other persons related to the congregation served as mission personnel outside the U.S. This type of
activity was more likely to be sponsored by "other mission agency (nonPCUSA)."
Sponsorship of Congregational World Mission Projects
Sponsoring Agency
PCUSA Other
Office nonPCUSA
Activity Congregation Agency Agency
Members travel to mission projects outside
the U.S. for learning/service 55% 37% 38%
Church-to-church relationship with a
congregation outside the U.S. 66% 47% 12%
Members or other persons related to
congregation serve as mission
personnel outside the U.S. 35% 35% 58%
Other on-going relationship to particular
mission project outside the U.S. 50% 43% 34%
The larger the congregation, the more likely the congregation was to be involved in each type of the
world mission activity. For example, members in 9% of small congregations, 27% of medium-sized
congregations, and 55% of large congregations traveled to mission projects outside the U.S.
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