BCSpace Posted September 30, 2011 Posted September 30, 2011 http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/52648912-78/missionaries-church-lds-missionary.html.cspThere have been full-time missionaries serving from Pakistan for years. Currently there appear to be about 30 Pakistani Mormons on missions worldwide — with about 20 of them serving in their own country (constituting that nation’s entire LDS missionary force).There appear to be more members serving full-time missions from Utah than any other state, but California boasts the most missions and has the most full-time missionaries assigned to it.Inez Knight and Lucy Jane (Jennie) Brimhall, assigned to serve in Great Britain in 1898, were the faith’s first single, official, proselytizing female missionaries.Portugal, Chile and South Korea reportedly have the lowest retention of LDS converts at 12 percent; Burundi, with two branches and more than 150 members, has about 85 percent activity, which may be the highest retention. For countries with a larger LDS presence, the Democratic Republic of Congo has just under 30,000 members in 100 congregations, which puts its retention rate at about 75 percent.The church openly proselytizes in a handful of predominantly Muslim nations, such as Albania and Sierra Leone; whereas in most such countries, such as Lebanon and Pakistan, missionary work occurs through member referrals. Proselytizing — and even giving a Book of Mormon to someone who asks for it — is strictly forbidden in Israel.etc.
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