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Pastors Preferred Bible Versions NIV 34% KJV 24% NRSV 17% NKJV 10% NAS 9% (Ellison Research, Church ...read more
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Spiritual Hunger: Christian retailers and publishers have reported Bible sales skyrocketed 20%-30% in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. Some industry leaders say this is a time for aggressive ministry outreach, and not the time to shave marketing and ...read more
Christian bookstores are reporting Bibles sales increases up to 40% since 9/11. (Foster Letter ...read more
Big Book-Big Price- Bhutan: A Visual Odyssey Across the Last Himalayan Kingdom by Michael Hawley weighs 130 pounds and retails at amazon.com for $10,000. ...read more
Biblical Illiteracy Studies show only 17% of Americans read the Bible regularly while Gallup studies show 80% of Americans see themselves as Christians. These statistics establish the sad reality that a large majority of Christians are biblically ...read more
Bible Reading Up: New Barna Research reports 44% of adults read the Bible in the previous week (other than while at church), up from 37% in ‘94 and 36% in ‘99. Bible reading jumped most among Protestants (up from 47% in ‘94 to 59% in ‘04) and residents of the west coast ...read more
Gallup reports that 14% American adults were members of a Bible study group in ’00. (U.S. News & World ...read more
Bible Sales Jumped 14% in Christian stores in March over February according to STATS data and a remarkable 65% from a year ago. Interest raised by The Passion of the Christ. Movie is ...read more
Pastor’s Bible Preference: A poll of pastors conducted by Ellison Research, finds 31% prefer the NIV, 23% --KJV, 14%--NRSV, 13%--NKJV, and 10%--NASV. Pastors of small churches, over age 60 and in the South tend to favor the KJV. The NIV is strongest in the Midwest and West, while the NRSV scored ...read more
Bibles accounted for 20% of the average Christian retail store’s sales last year. (Foster Letter ...read more
Biblical Cinema Growth: The Passion of The Christ movie (earned more than $370 million in North America alone) may be the forerunner of a ‘renaissance’ in Christian film. Several new Bible-based blockbusters are on their way claims Richard Gazolwski, President of WYSIWYG Filmworks. They are The ...read more
Retailers sold more than $657 million in Bibles in ‘03. (Foster Letter ...read more
Every year in the US, more than 60,000 new books are presented to readers. (Foster Letter ...read more
E-Libraries: The newest books in the New York Public Library don’t take up any shelf space. They are e-books library cardholders can point and click through the collection choosing among best sellers, nonfiction, novels and self-help guides. Patrons borrow them for set periods, downloading them ...read more
The #1 Selling New Testament in America in ‘03 was the Thomas Nelson biblezine, Revolve, which is the entire New Testament (NCV) for teen girls in a teen magazine format. Refuel, a biblezine for teen boys, was also a big seller. Nelson will soon ...read more
There are 6,913 languages in the world, but only 2,300 have as much as one book of the Bible translated and available. ...read more
While 50% of 20-somethings agree the Bible is relevant to their lives, only 30% read semi-regularly. (Foster ...read more
The Top Book Title owned by libraries worldwide is the U.S. Census. The Bible is second, according to USA Today Snapshots. Mother Goose is third. ...read more
The Bible is being used as a textbook in classes taught in 300 school districts nationwide, according to the National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools. 93% of all the school boards it has approached to implement the curriculum have accepted it, ...read more
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