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                    Keith Drury, religious trend watcher and professor at Indiana Wesleyan University, makes 25 predictions regarding the changing landscape of Christianity and the Church in the U.S. in the Sep/Oct ’98 issue of Christian Management Report.  Here are few directly pertaining to the religious
                    
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                    John Williams of J.C. Williams Group, the 3rd largest consulting firm in the world, delivered some revealing and enlightening observations on the changing face of retail at a recent CBA gathering. These changes reach beyond retail to virtually every organization in America. They are:
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                    The LA Times recently stated “Pastors are the single most occupationally frustrated group in America.” Eventually 30%-40% of religious leaders drop out of the ministry and about 75% go through a period of stress so great that they consider quitting. Incidents of mental breakdown are so high that
                    
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                    George Gallup says “North America is the only continent where Christianity is not growing.” The American Society of Church Growth reports that in ’98, half of churches in America did not add one new member through “conversion growth.” Fuller Seminary has discovered that “It takes 3 people in a
                    
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                    Louisiana Residents Most Faithful:  Louisiana has the highest church attendance in the U.S with 56% of its residents attending church or synagogue every Sunday. The state of Washington is lowest with only 29%. The national average is
                    
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