Portrait of the Body of Christ in Cambodia

I recently received a document from October 2007 entitled, 'Portrait of the Body of Christ in Cambodia' (Antioch Institute Research). Here are some points I found interesting:

- The size of the Church in Cambodia is 1.3%-2.8%. (Based on a population of nearly 14 million people.)

- There are less than 10 churches in Cambodia with more than 200 members.

- The average church size is 19 regular attenders.

- More than 50% of churches meet in village homes.

- Almost 5% meet in the open under trees.

- 69% of church leaders are rice farmers (only 5% are full-time pastors).

- The average age of a Cambodian church leader is 34 years.

- The average education level of a Cambodian church leader is Grade 6.7 (i.e. they have started Grade 7 but not finished).

- More than 75% of Church leaders listen to a Christian radio station.

- Only 12% of church leaders have read the whole bible.

- 13% of leaders do not have their own bible.

- The average offering for churches in Cambodia is $8.06 per month.

- 35% of church leaders first heard about Jesus through traveling evangelists or church planters. 25% heard from a friend.

- 54% of respondents said that the best way of starting new churches is to talk with relatives and friends about Jesus.

- 75% of church leaders have been personally involved in starting new churches.

- 10% of those surveyed currently oversee four churches or more.

- 26% of church leaders said the first person to take them to church was a foreign missionary.

- 72% said they had a 'very good experience' with foreign missionaries but 4% said they had such a bad experience that 'all foreign missionaries should go home'.

- 58% say that the main role of foreigners should be training leaders.

- 90% of church leaders say that Khmer should be responsible for evangelising minority groups in Cambodia. However, 39% said that Khmer should not have to learn minority languages or that all minorities should learn Khmer.

How do these statistics compare with your city or country?