Is your family a mission-minded family? A new report on cbn.com asked the question of Ann Dunagan, Author of “The Mission Minded Family” to hear her thoughts for writing the book. Consider the following stats:

According to the latest Barna survey, only 11 percent of all churchgoers have been on a short-term missions trip. That’s only 2 percent higher than the overall percentage of Americans who have been on any kind of brief service trip. To make matters worse, the majority of those who have gone on a missions trip did so more than five years ago—

Interestingly, as missionaries in preparation, it isn’t something I’ve really thought about before. In fact, I’ve never thought about us as a “mission minded family” although this is what we are. Maybe it’s because foreign ministry is just a part of our DNA so we’ve never sat down to scrutinize it? I’m not sure. I wonder if we’re alone in this or if other missionaries feel the same way? Are you a mission-minded family?

Tags: Missionary Life, Missions