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Top Christian Markets: The 20 Markets With The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Top Christian Markets: The 20 markets with the highest amount spent on Christian resources per household are: Greenville, SC-NC Oklahoma city, OK Tyler-Longview, TX Fort Wayne, IN Tulsa, OK Grand Rapids, MI Knoxville, TN Indianapolis, IN Macon, GA Des Moines-Ames, IA Nashville, TN Little Rock, ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Change Axioms Are Essential To Business And The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Change axioms are essential to business and the church. Charles Mueller of Just Watching, observes in Explore #19: · “The past is a foreign country; they do things different there.” · “There are no future decisions, only present decisions with future ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Girls & Stress: According To A Recent Survey By ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Girls & Stress: According to a recent survey by Teen magazine and Sears, 74% of 12-17 year-old girls believe their lives are more stressful today than when their parents were young. Not surprisingly, girls with close parental relationships are less stressed about guys and dating (33% vs. 48%) but ...read more

Tags: Children

Retro Twist: For A Growing Number Of Affluent ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Retro Twist: For a growing number of affluent families, the husband is earning enough for the wife to become a stay-at-home mom. Nearly 50% of households earning between $250,000 and $499,999 have only one bread-winner, up from just 38% 6 years earlier. ...read more

Tags: Parenting

57% Of Americans Say They've Bought A Lottery ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

57% of Americans say they’ve bought a lottery ticket with the past 12 months. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Money

25% Of Home-Schooled Students Are Enrolled At ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

25% of home-schooled students are enrolled at least one grade above their age in every subject. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Children

More Than 750 Colleges In The U.s. Have Accepted ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

More than 750 colleges in the U.S. have accepted home schoolers. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Children

The World's Population Is 6 Billion While Only 2 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

The world’s population is 6 billion while only 2 billion are Christian. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Evangelism Urgency

43.6% ($76.1 Billion) Of All Donated Funds In '97 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

43.6% ($76.1 billion) of all donated funds in ’97 were received by faith-based non-profit organizations. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Only 26 Million Men Of America's 94 Million ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Only 26 million men of America’s 94 million attend church regularly. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Men And Women

3.2 Billion People Have Viewed The Jesus Film ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

3.2 Billion People Have Viewed The Jesus Film since ’79 with 121 million decisions for Christ. It is available in 582 languages with 237 more in the works. ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

Quick Decisions: According To Kepner-Tregoe, Inc, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Quick Decisions: According to Kepner-Tregoe, Inc, business consultants, 66% of workers and 77% of managers said that over the past 3 years the number of decisions they have to make daily has increased, but 82% of workers and 85% of managers said the average amount of time they have to make ...read more

Tags: Workplace

Response Boosters: Six Proven Direct Marketing ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Response Boosters: Six proven direct marketing tips to raise your response rate. · Yes/No Offer- usually out pulls one without a “no” option. · Credit Card Payment- usually out pulls a cash-only option. · Time Limit- typically brings more orders overall and in less time. · Envelope Package- nearly ...read more

Tags: Church Purpose Of

Growing Up Too Fast Youth Are Maturing At An ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Growing Up Too Fast Youth are maturing at an accelerated pace. Preschoolers are playing with toys that would have been considered suitable for an 11-year-old a decade ago. A Sesame Street Parents survey finds moms with kids under 12 are more afraid of exposing kids to pop media-dictated pop-culture ...read more

Tags: Children

Income Of America's 72 Million Families, 74% Earn ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Income Of America’s 72 million families, 74% earn less than $75,000 and 45% between $30,000 and $75,000, the middle-class ...read more

Tags: Money

Men

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

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

1 In 5 Children Ages 6-12 Are Regularly Left ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

1 in 5 children ages 6-12 are regularly left without supervision after school. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Children

66% Of All U.s. Mothers With Children Age 3 Or ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

66% of all U.S. mothers with children age 3 or less are working, compared with 50% in ’90 and 42% in ’80. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Parenting

The Average Employee Receives 2.3 Million Words ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

The average employee receives 2.3 million words in communication during any 3-month period. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Communication General

Excluding The Self-Employed, The Average U.s. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Excluding the self-employed, the average U.S. worker earns $16.17 per ...read more

Tags: Money