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  • If We Believe We Are The Product Of Atoms, Time ...

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Jun 5, 2003
     | 1,893 views

    If we believe we are the product of atoms, time and chance, we will conclude as Bertrand Russell: "That Man is the product of causes which had no prevision of the end they were achieving; that his origin, his growth, his hopes and fears, his loves and his beliefs, are but the outcome of ...read more

  • 66% Of Latin American Protestants Attend A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006
     | 1,702 views

    · 66% of Latin American protestants attend a Pentecostal church. · Charisma magazine reports its average reader spends more than $570 on Christian products annually and household income averages over $51,000. · It also reports that in the past year: 88% of its readers last year purchased at least ...read more

  • New Church Research * Hartford Institute For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
     | 1,311 views

    New Church Research * Hartford Institute for Religion Research has just completed the most extensive survey ever conducted on American churches and reveals that · 50% of all congregations have fewer than 100 adults, and 25% have fewer than 50. · Fewer than 10% have more than 1,000 adults. · 52% ...read more

  • Online Donations To The Biggest U.s. Charities ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,728 views

    Online Donations to the biggest U.S. charities surged 63% last year from ‘03, finds a new Chronicle of Philanthropy study. The 164 groups surveyed raised a combined $166.2 million online. That is less than 1% of the total raised by most of the charities, but the growth will spur more online ...read more

  • Sales Of Religious-Themed Products Grew 28% From ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 14, 2007
     | 925 views

    Sales Of Religious-Themed Products grew 28% from 02 to 05 and are expected to reach $9.5 billion by ’10, reports The Religious Products Market in the U.S. from Packaged Facts. Books, inspirational gifts/merchandise, and audio/video /software sales reached $7.5 billion in ‘05, up 9% over ‘04. Books ...read more

  • Sales Of Religious-Themed Products Grew 28% From ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
     | 1,296 views

    Sales Of Religious-Themed Products grew 28% from 02 to 05 and are expected to reach $9.5 billion by ’10, reports The Religious Products Market in the U.S. from Packaged Facts. Books, inspirational gifts/merchandise, and audio/video /software sales reached $7.5 billion in ‘05, up 9% over ‘04. Books ...read more

  • Maturity

    Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on Dec 27, 2020
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     | 2,985 views

    Automatic behaviour is the hallmark of immature people bent on survival, they accept few challenges and experience little growth. Immature people react with a small part of themselves to a small part of the world. They limit themselves by paying attention only to what is close-up, by focusing on ...read more

  • Church Attendance In The Usa At An All-Time Low

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Mar 5, 2022
     | 1,154 views

    During the First Great Awakening, 20 percent of the colonial population came to Christ and joined churches. Today, less than 20 percent regularly attend church. Discussed at length in his book The American Church in Crisis, David Olson conducted research showing that only 17.5 percent of the ...read more

  • I've Been Set Afire By Ed Stetzer's Book, ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 31, 2007
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    I’ve been set afire by Ed Stetzer’s book, Comeback Churches. He did a study that examined 324 churches from 10 denominations that recently experienced renewed growth by conversion after a significant period of plateau and/or decline. Not all comeback churches were contemporary. Many were blended. ...read more

  • The Role Of Prayer In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 31, 2009
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    The Role of Prayer in Revival A U.S. Lutheran bishop tells of visiting a parish church in California and finding a stirring red and orange banner on the wall. "Come Holy Spirit. Hallelujah!" it declared in words printed under a picture of a fire burning. The bishop was also interested in the sign ...read more

  • Wee Bobby Moffett, Missionary

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Aug 6, 2021
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    HAVE YOU HEARD OF WEE BOBBY MOFFETT? There was a small village church in Scotland that did not seem to be growing. The deacons cornered the pastor and had serious questions about the church. The deacons asked WHY HAS THERE BEEN NO GROWTH IN THE CHURCH THIS YEAR? We have not had one new ...read more

  • The Church  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Dec 13, 2004
    based on 6 ratings
     | 8,525 views

    The church is not: * An ark for the saving of a select few. * A ferryboat to take effortless passengers to the shores of heaven. * A life insurance company, with no obligation on policy holders except the payment of a small annual premium. * A social set, welcoming certain people and ...read more

  • There Are Some Interesting Facts About The Sisal ...  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jun 7, 2001
    based on 175 ratings
     | 3,792 views

    There are some interesting facts about the sisal plant from which is made tough sisal twine. It grows in Yucatan, Mexico, in hard stony soil. Some Americans visited the area and decided that there might be good money to be made in growing it in richer soil under better conditions. So they started ...read more

  • Girl Power Comics: Sales Of Japanese Comics - ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,560 views

    Girl Power Comics: Sales of Japanese comics - more familiarly known as manga (pronounced MAHN-gah) - are exploding in the U.S., and much of the boom is due to efforts by comic book publishers to extend their reach beyond young male readers. “Manga producers in the U.S. have tapped into a new ...read more

  • The Average U.s. Pastor Has Received Continuing ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,428 views

    The Average U.S. Pastor has received continuing education on 3.6 different topics during the last two years. Ellison Research finds even though most ministers have gone through seminars or classes, 36% say their church doesn’t budget for it, and the average church that does so allocates just $1,504 ...read more

  • Wal-Mart Facts Business Week Reported This ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
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    Wal-Mart Facts Business Week reported this interesting data on Wal-Mart: · 82% of American households made at least one purchase at Wal-Mart last year. · 138 million shoppers visit Wal-Mart every week. · It commands about 30% of total U.S. market share for toothpaste, shampoo, and paper ...read more

  • U.s. Population The U.s. Is The Fastest Growing ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
     | 1,269 views

    U.S. Population The U.S. is the fastest growing industrialized nation in the world, growing by 2.8 million people a year (a fertility rate of 2.05). Although 12% of the U.S. population is 65 or older, higher fertility rates and immigration keep America younger than Europe. About 40% of our ...read more

  • Blake Griffin Is The Number One 2009 Nba Draft ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Jul 8, 2009
     | 1,838 views

    Blake Griffin is the number one 2009 NBA draft pick for the Los Angeles Clippers. He is 6’10” and dominated college basketball playing for Oklahoma. After he was drafted, he called the Clippers general manager on a Saturday morning to open the gym so he could work out. Being a millionaire and ...read more

  • Promiscuity Statistics

    Contributed by Douglas Stull on Aug 31, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,369 views

    PROMISCUITY STATISTICS Statistics show astronomical growth in sexual permissiveness and its attendant social problems in America since the sexual revolution of the 1960’s. Couples Living Together: YEAR TOTAL 2000 5,500,000 1997 4,000,000 1995 3,700,000 1990 ...read more

  • He Knows About Me

    Contributed by Tim White on Apr 2, 2012
     | 1,620 views

    HE KNOWS ABOUT ME When I was talking with another counselor once, he asked if he could take me through an exercise that he uses to help people struggling with assurance or attaining victory, and/or were stalled in Christian growth. He had me close my eyes and imagine that Jesus Christ walks into ...read more