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92% of U.S. adults say they or a household member made a financial contribution to a nonprofit organization in the past year. 49% of those who contributed gave less than $500, while 6% donated $5,000 or more. In ‘06, 50% of donors gave to churches and religious organizations, 50% to disaster relief ...read more
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Hispanics purchased 14.6% of all U.S. homes sold in ’05. In California, they comprise 28% of home buyers. The rate of homeownership among Hispanics hit a record 50% in Q4 of ‘05, according HUD. Low interest rates and flexible lending rules are the key cause factors. Hispanics are ...read more
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Home-Grown Churches Researcher George Barna says millions of Americans are breaking from traditional church and choosing a home church. They want to “be” the church, not just attend church. He estimates more than 20 million Americans have begun exploring alternative forms of worship since ’00. ...read more
Online Giving to American’s largest charities continued its steep climb in ‘05, according to The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s annual survey. E-gifts to the 167 organizations responding to the survey topped $911.9 million, up 148% from ’04. Some of the very largest charities are seeing online ...read more
Disaster relief is the most common type of cause (outside the local church) financially supported by ...read more
35.5% or $88.3 billion of all ’04 U.S. charitable giving went to Religion and was the #1 donor ...read more
The current median age for marriage in the U.S. has risen to 25 for women and 27 for ...read more
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1 in every 3 American babies has unwed ...read more
Plump Preachers 76% of Christian clergy are overweight versus 61% of the public, according to a ’04 a Duke ...read more
Older Churches, especially those 40 to 80 years old, on average declined 1.5% to 1.6% between ’03 and ’04. At the same time younger churches ...read more
Who Needs Church? Even though the Bible is clear about the importance of experiencing God through a shared faith journey, only 17% of adults believe the local church is central to one’s faith development. Only 33% of evangelicals, 20% of non-evangelical born again adults, and 25% of adults with a ...read more
Pentecostal Power From its origins in an AME Church on Azusa Street in Los Angeles, Pentecostalism has emerged as the world’s fastest-growing Christian movement. The World Christian Encyclopedia reports more than 500 million followers, comprising 25% of the world’s Christians, up from 6% in 1906. ...read more
More Born Again New Barna research finds 45% of all U.S. adults meet the Barna Group “born again” criteria. That’s up from 31% in ‘83. It hovered in the 36% to 43% range from ‘92 through ‘05. The current figure represents the largest single-year increase since ‘91. A 16-point rise among Baby ...read more
100 Years Old The April 1906 Azusa Street revivals in Los Angeles are considered the birth the modern Pentecostal movement. According to the World Christian Encyclopedia, adherents to Charismatic faiths now number more ...read more
MySpace.com, the controversial social networking site, is the second most popular site on the Internet, trumping even Google. It has over 57 million users, and is ...read more
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A Good Marriage and an ability to play far outweigh financial security and good health as keys to a satisfying retirement. ...read more
Indecency Challenged TV networks claim in a filing, the F.C.C. overstepped its authority, in an attempt to regulate content protected by the First Amendment, acted arbitrary and failed to provide a clear and consistent ...read more
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Jim Henderson, author and President of Off the Map, placed a winning eBay auction bid of $504 to send a Chicago atheist to church (one visit per $10 bid). Off the Map is ...read more
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German Pastor and theologian who spoke out against atrocities in Nazi Germany, once wrote, “If my sinfulness appears to me to be in any way smaller or less detestable in comparison ...read more