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Peter's final call to a young and growing church
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Gifts, risk, and the return of the King
Why Pastors Change: A new Ellison Research study finds the average American minister has held a paid job in ministry for 19 years and has spent an average of 15.6 of those years as a senior pastor. Typically he or she has been the senior pastor at 3 different churches. 20% change jobs due to a ...read more
Tags: Church General
Wal-Mart donated $1 million and several secure servers to the Salvation Army to help Katrina victims. (Foster ...read more
Tags: Giving General
The National Center for Health Statistics claims 1.4 million (nearly 35% of all ’03 births) were out of wedlock. ...read more
Tags: Marriage General
More than two-thirds of married couples in the U.S. now say they lived together before marriage. (Foster ...read more
The U.S. Census claims from ‘96 to ‘00 there was a tenfold increase in unmarried couples living together. (Foster ...read more
Hurricane Katrina destroyed or seriously damaged more than 1,000 churches. Rita’s toll is still unknown. (Foster ...read more
50% of Fortune 500 companies have policies prohibiting them from giving to faith-based groups. (Foster ...read more
The failure rate of second marriages is 60%, higher than it is for first marriages. (Foster Letter ...read more
U.S. charitable giving rose 11.6% in ’04 over ’03, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy. The United Way topped the list with $3.9 billion received followed by The Salvation Army at ...read more
More than 4 out of 10 evangelical adults are involved in an alternative form of church on a regular basis. (Foster ...read more
Multi-Site Churches There are now at least 1,500 multi-site churches in the U.S. finds a new Leadership Network survey. 51% say their reason for going multi-site was evangelistic outreach, and 21% did it to get closer to their target audience. The remaining 19% view it as a solution to overcrowding ...read more
Consumers intend to spend an average of $248 on gift cards this holiday season, up from $223 in ‘04 and $183 in 2003 finds a Stored Value Systems ...read more
Half of all new churches since 1945 were started in the ‘90s, and the majority meet in rented facilities. (Foster ...read more
10 million people (8% of U.S. coupled households) are cohabiting with a partner of the opposite sex. (Foster ...read more
Have you ever heard the story of DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA? Don Quixote was called the KNIGHT OF THE SORROWFUL COUNTENANCE! Don Quixote was a knight, he had a horse, he had full armor, and knew important people. Don seemed to have some mental problems. Don decided to go to battle, he grabbed his ...read more
Scripture: Ephesians 6:12
Denomination: Assembly Of God
Marriage In a recent Religion & Ethics Newsweekly poll 71% of Americans agree “God’s plan for marriage is one man, one woman, for life.” Only 22% think divorce is sin while 49% say cohabitation is acceptable. Only 34% of evangelical Christians and 30% of traditional ...read more
Unwed Mothers birthed 1.5 million of the 4 million total births in the U.S. last year. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, 55% percent of births for those ages 20-24 were to unwed mothers; almost 28% for ages 25-29. Unwed couples seem to have a positive ...read more
Crime: Gallup’s annual crime poll reports nearly 1 in 3 households experienced some type of crime during the past year, including 18% with one incident and another 14% with two or ...read more
Tags: Sin General
The Church & Education: The average Protestant church offers classes, or education on 4.6 different topics in a typical year. The most common topics taught are for new members (60%) followed by basics of Christianity (47%) how to study the Bible (43%), evangelism (39%), spiritual ...read more
The U.S. has more than 300,000 Protestant congregations and some 20,000 Catholic parishes. (Foster ...read more
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