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Peter's final call to a young and growing church
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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
Tags: Giving General
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
Tags: Christmas
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
Tags: Marriage General
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
Tags: Abortion
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
Serious Video Games are gaining momentum against the shoot-em up variety. Eventually, “serious games will take over the world” of gaming, predicts Jason Della Rocca, executive director of the International Game Developers Assn. People will use video games for learning so easily and so often that ...read more
Tags: Entertainment
40% of Americans believe it’s a good idea for couples who intend to get married to live together first, 22% of evangelicals agree. ...read more
There are roughly 97,000 Western missionaries and about 101,000 non-Westerners working cross culturally in ...read more
Tags: What Is Evangelism?
42% of Americans say they’d describe themselves as “born again” or evangelical, a constant response since ’99. (Foster ...read more
20% of women who have had abortions continue to experience stress 5 years after the experience. (Foster ...read more
About 10% of people on the road during the day are talking on cell phones, up form 8% in ’04. (Foster ...read more
Tags: Communication General
83% of consumers believe that old-fashioned service with a smile is the best path to customer satisfaction. (Foster ...read more
Gallup reports 97% of Americans are not bothered when someone greets them with Merry Christmas. (Foster ...read more
More than half of online casino players are now women. Historically gambling has attracted more men that women. (Foster ...read more
Tags: Addiction