Throughout the article, the author dazzles us with large round numbers, conjuring up the image of hordes of Mormons sweeping the earth a-la-Genghis Khan. Unfortunately there is no contrast with missionary numbers for other religious groups, rendering the data meaningless. At the very minimum comparing numbers of missionaries trained yearly against other religious movements, and their corresponding numbers of converts would convey the relative effectiveness of this missionary movement
Throughout the article, the author dazzles us with large round numbers, conjuring up the image of hordes of Mormons sweeping the earth a-la-Genghis Khan. Unfortunately there is no contrast with missionary numbers for other religious groups, rendering the data meaningless. At the very minimum comparing numbers of missionaries trained yearly against other religious movements, and their corresponding numbers of converts would convey the relative effectiveness of this missionary movement