Second Wind Network began collecting information in a database form on the web since mid-year 2006. The total number of family units (last names) currently stands at 158. The total number of entries is 247 individuals including spouses. From the live database an up-to-the-minute summary of results is generated. Below is a live report.

What percentage of those that have placed their names on the Second Wind Network web site indicate they live in Australia or elsewhere?

People make a self-evaluation as to where they are in the process of moving into missions from a career. What are the percentages in each process stage?

This is representative of missions-minded adults in Australia within +/- two percentage points within each category. About 1 in 12 are ready to decide which organisation to join. However, most are exploring, open to be persuaded that personal involvement in the missions enterprise is a good life-choice for them. The Second Wind Network is specifically designed to move people along from the early stages, so this profile should not be surprising.

What percentage in each age bracket have placed their names on the Second Wind Network web site indicating they are willing to consider options and opportunities in missions?

Over 50% are in the boomer generation. About 15% are Gen-Xers and the Millenial Generation is approaching 5%. The older Builder Generation is about 5%.

Overall how do people rank their financial situation?
How do those in the boomer generation rank themselves?
What about the buster (Gen-X) generation?

Not surprisingly, there is a difference in the financial positions of the generations. Overall about 1 in 2 can totally self-fund. Amost 6 in 10 boomers and nearly 3 in 10 Gen-Xers indicate they can be self-funded to some degree. Some of these need to raise some travel and overhead funds. Another 2 in 10 need to raise support in the conventional missionary manner in both generations. Of these about half the boomers have their retirement funded. Another 1 in 10 in the boomer generation, 2 in 10 for Gen-Xers indicate they require a salary. It is likely this is not representative of the general population. It seems mission-minded people tend to be better off financially.

Overall how does divorce affect the financial situation?

Of these mission-minded people, 29 percent report having been divorced. This is lower than the general population. Unexpectedly, perhaps, divorce is not much of a factor in the financial situation of this segment of the population.

On the web site people are asked about the length of time they may be willing to serve. On the SWN web site they are allowed to make more than one choice. However the percentages are based on the number of people not the number of choices, so the percentages add up to over 100%. Below is the summary of those statistics:

Nearly 2 in 10 indicate an interest in moving into missions full-time from their careers. The options of Part-time, Part of a year and Summer are considered by about 2 in 10 that place their personal profile at Second Wind Network. If you concede the 6 mths — 2 year option "full-time" for that period, about 1 in 3 that enter their profiles on the SWN web site are considering fully committing themselves to the global missions effort.

People are permitted to indicate where in the world they might have a preference to serve. On the SWN web site they are allowed to make more than one choice. However the percentages are based on the number of people not the number of choices, so the percentages add up to over 100%.

Over half of those indicating a willingness to serve in missions indicate No Preference for geographic location. This accurately reflects previous findings that people are more interested in joining God and offering their skills than in what agency they join or where they serve.

The Australia choice is a little different. Over 1 in 5 indicated they will only take Australian assignments. The remaining indicate preferences somewhat evenly spread out over the rest of the earth.

Note: The percentages add to over 100% because people can indicate multiple geographical preferences.



Languages

People are requested to indicate what languages they know. They are allowed to make more than one choice. The totals are based on the number of languages checked, not the number of people that know these languages. The total number of entries in the database is 171. Of these 168 report living in Australia and 3 live outside Australia.