Have you ever found yourself talking with a co-worker from another mission organization and discovered that you have different terminology for the same thing? Did you ever wish someone would write a glossary to explain that “World A” equals “the 10/40 window,” “Australasia” equals “Oceania” and so on? What if I count Somalia as part of East Africa while you count it as part of the Horn of Africa. Imagine the increased complexity when using multiple databases for measuring lostness and progress in the task of global evangelization. The Harvest Information System is a collaborative effort to establish a system that mission agencies can use to link their database together and be on the same page in their research. Several “registries” have been established, adopted by a custodian organization, and shared in database formats for researchers to use. The following are links to information about the current registries.