While many of our mission efforts have been productive, much more needs to be done. Southern Baptists average one new church planting a year for every 36 existing churches. Churches of Christ establish one new congregation a year for every 400 existing churches.
Results fail to reflect the size of our missionary force.
Based on the number of missionaries, churches of Christ are among the top ten missions-sending groups in the world, yet in most countries we do not establish sufficiently large churches. Inadequate communication and cooperation complicate our efforts. These shortcomings result in duplication of efforts and replication of failures. Local churches lack resources and assistance . Despite the complex responsibilities of sponsoring congregations and the difficulties of establishing new churches, there is little help available.