MissionsResearch
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Missions Research
What is Missions Research
Missions Research is the process of tracing the impact of missions strategies and the progress of the Gospel. This is done by collecting and using data about the current state of the progress of the Gospel, and looking at it the light of past collections of the same information.
We do not have access to all aspects of missions history, so much of the information of the past is built off the best historical data that could be found. Current data is much more complete, but still lacking. There are many positions available for people desiring to work towards compiling current missions information.
Missions Research has been around for many years, but there has been a recent emphasis on it since the start of the information age. People started asking questions like, "what groups are covered by 'every tongue, tribe, and nation?'" and "how many languages do we need to translate the Bible into, anyway?" From these questions, a number of research entities began to collect and collate information.