• Church Stats

  Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006 (message contributor)

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Church Stats:

· 23.9% of Americans belonged to an evangelical denomination in ’65 compared to 25.4% in ’96.

· In ’65, 27.2% belonged to a mainline denomination, in ’96 it was down to 22.1%.

· Catholics have declined from 23.9% of the U.S. population in ‘65, to 21.8% in ’96.

· In ’90, 65% of Americans were church members, in ’99 that number is 70%.

· 43% of Americans attend church weekly compared to 40% in ’90. (The Pastors Weekly Briefing 6/9/00)

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