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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
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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
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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
Tags: Christian Values
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
Abortion Down: In ’02, 14% of births by U.S. women of childbearing age were unwanted vs. just 9% in ’95, report federal researchers. In ’95, for every 100 pregnancies that ended in abortion or birth, almost 26 ended in abortion, in ’04 that had dropped to 24, ...read more
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Nuns In Crisis: According to a ‘04 survey, the number of nuns in the U.S. has dropped by 50% from the 60s. Adding to the crisis, the average age of the nuns today is ...read more
Tags: Church General
Reshaping The Church Researcher George Barna has identified 4 factors he describes as “indicative of the reshaping of the church in the U.S.” They are: (1) The priorities embraced by church leaders. Most local churches essentially ignore: ministry to children, ministry to families and prayer. (2) ...read more
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