founded 1990 headquarters silver spring maryland usa area served worldwide number of employees 2 500 parent office of adventist mission general conference of seventh day adventists slogan reaching the unreached with hope website 1 global mission is the frontline mission arm of adventist mission an office of the seventh day adventist church s world headquarters . the organization sends volunteer missionaries typically for one or two years to reach people in areas of the world where there are no seventh day adventist members . together global mission pioneers and cross cultural seventh day adventist missionaries are working to tell the world about the love of christ in some of the world s hardest to reach places . global mission was voted at the 1990 general conference session as a special initiative to reach people in the so called 10 40 window with the gospel . typically global mission pioneers work within their culture and language group . unlike typical missionaries they already know the culture and are thus more easily accepted by the community . contents 1 pioneers 2 study centers 3 funds allocated 4 see also 5 external links 6 references pioneers edit global mission sponsors laypeople called pioneers who volunteer at least a year to establish a congregation in an unentered area within their own culture . they have the advantage of knowing the culture speaking the language blending with the local people and being far less expensive than foreign cross cultural missionaries . more than 2 500 global mission pioneers are now working around the world . since 1990 pioneers have established more than 11 000 new seventh day adventist congregations around the world . global mission pioneers share the gospel through a holistic ministry including caring for the sick teaching agricultural skills running literacy programs holding evangelistic meetings and giving bible studies . study centers edit global mission has created study centers on the world to research various people groups and belief systems in order to more effectively share what adventists believe . there were 5 centers specializing in the study of buddhism hinduism judaism secularism postmodernism and islam but now only 4 with buddhism and hinduism combining to form east asian religions and traditions . 1 these are named the global center for adventist muslim relations led by lester merklin world jewish adventist friendship center led by richard elofer center for east asian religions and traditions led by greg whitsett and the centre for secular and post modern studies led by kleber gon alves . funds allocated edit 2006 was financially a record breaking year for global mission . they distributed some 5.3 million to more than 1 800 projects around the world . combined with funds from local church organizations the projects totaled 13 994 745 worldwide . 2 see also edit adventist mission seventh day adventist church external links edit official website 2 ministry among buddhists center for secular & postmodern studies adventist mission parent office official church description http www.adventistmission.org 32 study centers references edit global mission world church adventist donors give global mission record breaking year . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title global mission & oldid 680151096 categories seventh day adventist church navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 september 2015 at 01 37 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view