Amber’s Reviews > Helping Without Hurting in Short-Term Missions Leader's Guide: Leader's Guide > Status Update

“There were 120,000 in 1989; 450,000 in 1998; 1 million in 2003; and 2,200,000 and 2006. The numbers reflect a title wave of American short term missionaries flooding the world.”

One estimate suggests the “likelihood of any given US church member going on an international STM sometime in their lifetime could be as high as 20 to 25%.” P 17