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  • 1no Religious Affiliation: 1 Out Of Every 9 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 9, 2006
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    1No Religious Affiliation: 1 out of every 9 Americans do not belong to any organized religion. Among young people its 17% compared with only 7% of people over 65. William J. Murray, a D.C. based religious activist, reports, young people “identify with angels, say they believe in a superior being, ...read more

  • Clergy Wages Above Average: The Average Weekly ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
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    Clergy Wages Above Average: The average weekly wage for most Americans is $519 while the average wage for clergy is $647. Rabbi’s earn between $45-$75 pr year, Protestant ministers usually earn at least $30,000, and Diocesan priests average $11,000. Approximately 980,000 clergy serve ...read more

  • Men

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
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    Men Of the estimated 94 million American males 18 or older, only 26 million currently attend church. An average man has 1 chance in 11 of going to prison. He has $3,100 in the bank and makes $27,418 a year. 1 in 4 will cheat on their wives versus 1 in 8 for wives. 1.9 million ...read more

  • Many Converts, Few Disciples  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2006
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    Many Converts-Few Disciples: This is the conclusion of George Barna after 2 years of research. Is this why church-es have lost their relevance in American culture? Not one person polled, when asked to identify their most important goal for their life, said it was to be a committed follower of Jesus ...read more

  • Who Prays?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2006
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    Who Prays? · 88% of Americans pray · 82% believe in the healing power of prayer · 78% say prayer is an important part of daily life · 63% pray often · 25% pray occasionally · 65% believe they have had specific prayers answered · 79% say praying helps speed recovery · 24% say they have been cured ...read more

  • Generations Differ: Researcher George Barna Cites ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006
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    Generations Differ: Researcher George Barna cites varied generational response to authority (older Americans accept it, Boomers want to control it, Busters ignore it), handling contradictions (elder citizens ignore them, Boomers strive to solve them, Busters appreciate them), and life fears ...read more

  • File Swapping Decline: The Number Of Online ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
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    File Swapping Decline: The number of online Americans downloading Internet music files has dropped by 50% and the numbers who are downloading files on any given day have plunged since the RIAA began filing copyright infringement suits in September. Conversely, comScore has observed that in recent ...read more

  • Prayer Helps: A Recent Survey By Aarp And The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
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    Prayer Helps: A recent survey by AARP and the National Alliance for Caregiving finds that 75% of U.S. caregivers cope with the demands of Caregiving through prayer. 61% talk with friends and relatives, 44% read books on Caregiving, 41% exercise to work off stress and 33% cope by going on line for ...read more

  • Worker Satisfaction: A Recent Gallup Poll Shows ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
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    Worker Satisfaction: A recent Gallup Poll shows workers are most satisfied with their relationships with coworkers and the physical safety conditions of their workplaces, and are least satisfied with the amount of work-related stress and their incomes. Over the past year, workers have grown more ...read more

  • Satisfied Workers: A Recent Gallup Poll Shows ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
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    Satisfied Workers: A recent Gallup Poll shows that workers are most satisfied with their relationships with coworkers and the physical safety conditions of their workplaces, and are least satisfied with the amount of work-related stress and their incomes. Over the past year, workers have grown more ...read more

  • Lifelong: A New National Fatherhood Initiative ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Lifelong: A new National Fatherhood Initiative survey finds 88% of Americans believe marriage should be a lifelong commitment and 89% agree “all things being equal, it is better for children to be raised in a household that has a married mother and father.” Also, 71% reject the statement: “Either ...read more

  • Wal-Mart Moulds Popular Culture: Wal-Mart And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Wal-Mart Moulds Popular Culture: Wal-Mart and other big discount chains—now often account for more than 50% of the sales of a best-selling album, more than 40% for a best-selling book, and more than 60% for a best-selling DVD. Critics claim this has bent American popular culture toward the tastes ...read more

  • Home Theaters: With The Ascent Of Dvd Players, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
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    Home Theaters: With the ascent of DVD players, flat-screen and high-definition TV and surround-sound home “theaters in a box” as standard equipment in American households, the furnishings of movie theaters are descending into the mass-marketplace. One hot item is home theater seating, typically a ...read more

  • The Good Life: Recent Roper Asw Research Reports ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
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    The Good Life: Recent Roper ASW research reports that 89% of Americans consider owning a home necessary to having a good life. The next top requirement is good health (87%) followed by a happy marriage (81%). 52% say a second car is essential to a good life, up from 43% in ’99. 48% claim a vacation ...read more

  • Religious Tourism Is One Of The Fastest Growing ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
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    Religious Tourism is one of the fastest growing sectors of the tourism market, says Globus, an international tour company that offers 20 faith-based itineraries, up from 8 in ‘04. It has become a $1 billion industry. Driving forces are: 8 million more people identified as Christians and 45% more ...read more

  • Editorial Influence The Ability Of Newspaper Web ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
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    Editorial Influence The ability of newspaper Web sites to measure which stories are drawing the most readers could change the way coverage decisions are made by newspapers. TV-like ratings are coming to print as papers harness technology that shows which stories attract readers and which don’t. The ...read more

  • Statistics On Lying

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Our Daily Bread published an article on lying in the August 28, 1992 edition. In that devotional reading, it stated that lying seems to be a way of life for many people: “We lie at the drop of a hat. The book The Day American Told the Truth says that 91 percent of those surveyed lie routinely ...read more

  • This Past Week There Was An Interesting Article ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    This past week there was an interesting article on the front page of the USA Today entitled, America gets an ‘F’ in religion. The article was about the religious ignorance in America today in the wake of international tension interjected w/ religious indifference. It said that 60% of Americans ...read more

  • A Line From A Poem, "The New Colossus," By The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A line from a poem, “The New Colossus,” by the nineteenth-century American poet Emma Lazarus. “The New Colossus,” describing the Statue of Liberty, appears on a plaque at the base of the statue. It ends with the statue herself speaking: 1 Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning ...read more

  • A Christianity Today Poll (February 10, 1992), ...

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Aug 23, 2007
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    A Christianity Today poll (February 10, 1992), found that half of all Americans believe in extrasensory perception. One of every four professing Christians believe in clairvoyance, and almost half in psychic healing. 25% believe the movement of the stars governs the affairs of men and women. You ...read more