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Evangelical Christians Are: · Slightly more likely to be female and aged 50 and older than the overall national adult population. · Somewhat less likely to be college grads than the total population, but incomes mirror the national population. · Most prevalent in the South, least so in the East ...read more
Tags: Christian Values
Just Say Christmas: Put the word “Christmas” back in Christmas. American Family Association reports Kroger, Dell, Target, OfficeMax, Walgreen’s, Sears, Staples, Lowe’s, J.C. Penney and Best Buy have all omitted the ...read more
Tags: Christmas
Non-Smoking: A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study found that 20.9% of U.S. adults smoked in ‘04, down from 21.6% in ‘03 and 22.5% in 02. ...read more
Tags: Addiction
Christmas Under Attack: Fox News conducted a survey 11/29 asking: •Do you consider Christmas a religious holiday or cultural holiday? Religious: 57% ... Cultural 14% ... Both: 12% •Do you agree there is a war on Christmas in the U.S.? Agree: 42% ... Disagree: 48% •Does it seem that the public ...read more
Women with believing mothers are less likely to be depressed 10 years after leaving home says Columbia Univ. (Foster ...read more
Tags: Parenting
13 million Americans made donations online after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. 7 million set up their own hurricane relief efforts using the ...read more
Tags: Giving General
48% of Evangelical Protestant couples who are married with kids both work full time compared to just 40% of comparable couples in the overall ...read more
Tags: Children
34% of U.S. Evangelical Protestants believe divorce is a sin while just 20% of the total population holds this view. (Foster ...read more
Tags: Marriage General
Last year, U.S. financial institutions collected $37.8 billion in account service charges, more than double of ’94. ...read more
Tags: Money
66% of adults say the most important issue for couples to discuss before getting married is children followed by finances and religion, ...read more
Tags: Marriage Struggle
Last year Americans spent about $8 billion on Christmas and Hanukah decorations. Expect about the same this year. (Foster ...read more
Christian Nation: After years of complaining about Hollywood, conservative Catholics and Evangelical Christians are gaining traction. But the battle is a long way from over, and the culture is still up for grabs. Many of these developments stem more from a long-overdue recognition of the importance ...read more
Tags: Television And Movies
A 1% Difference According to George Barna’s annual giving survey, the typical Christian gives approximately 3% of gross income to charitable causes. It is estimated that a 1% increase in giving in American churches would result in approximately $20 billion per year in ...read more
Mission Omission: In 1920, 10¢ of every $1 donated to a church was spent on overseas missions vs. just 2¢ today. ...read more
Tags: Evangelism Urgency
Christian Education: The 102 members of the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities saw enrollment surge 70.6% from ‘90 to ‘04. That compares with 28% for all independent 4-year schools and 12.8% for all public 4--year campuses, according to the National Association of Independent Colleges ...read more
Tags: Wisdom
Different Meanings: 80% of adults in the U.S. call themselves “Christian,” while 68% self identify as “committed Christian,” and 45% “born again Christian.” Only half of the “born again” group prayed to God, read from the Bible and attended a religious service in the past week vs. 90% of “committed ...read more
Record Giving: All U.S. ’04 charitable giving totaled a record $248.5 billion, according to the Giving USA Foundation. That record is expected to be broken in ‘05.by a special one-time tax break for major donors enacted by Congress allowing donors to deduct gifts up to ...read more
Christmas Joy: A CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll finds 96% of all U.S. adults celebrate Christmas (consistent over the past decade). This includes a high level of participation, 84% among non-Christians. Most Americans feel positive toward Christmas. 50% say it is a great time, including 15% who say it ...read more
Marital Fights: A new poll reveals the #1 thing married couples fight about is sex. 23% of couples flagged this one. Fights related to money are second with 18% of votes. Third is a spouses habits’ (15%) and fourth ...read more
Redirected Donations: In an October Guidestar survey of nonprofit organizations nearly 80% believed ‘05 natural disasters will cause their end-of-year contributions to be flat or down. In a separate survey conducted by four philanthropy consulting firms, 32% of donors said they diverted some of ...read more