Global Evangelism Movement reports 25% of all Christians worldwide are charismatic and estimates this number will grow to 38% by 2025. It’s also estimated there are 18 million charismatic Christians in the U.S. Gallup poll reports nearly 62% of Charismatics visited a Christian store in the past 3 months compared 22% of evangelicals. Also, 61% of Charismatics bought multiple Christian books in the past year while 20% of evangelicals did so. Recent Charisma magazine reader polls say during the last 12 months; 88% purchased at least 1 Christian book, 82% Christian tapes, 68% Christian greetings cards, 56% Christian gifts and 48% a Bible. (Christian Retailing 4/7/98)
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