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Family Devotions 50% Of Traditional Parents ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Family Devotions 50% of traditional parents (married with kids) say they attend religious services once a week or more, but only 36% of nontraditional parents do so. However, 49% of both families read religious scriptures every week; 45% of traditional families and 42% of nontraditional families ...read more

Tags: Children

American Families

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

American Families · 80% of Americans agree it is better for children if their parents are married, but 55% also agree that “love is what makes a family.” · 49% of Americans agree that married people are happier than unmarried people. · 97% of Americans in traditional families and 88% in ...read more

Tags: Children

Life Is Harder 67% Of U.s. 13 Year-Olds Say Their ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Life is Harder 67% of U.S. 13 year-olds say their lives are harder that their parents when they were teens. 18% say it’s easier while 15% say it’s ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Marriage In A Recent Religion & Ethics Newsweekly ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Marriage In a recent Religion & Ethics Newsweekly poll 71% of Americans agree “God’s plan for marriage is one man, one woman, for life.” Only 22% think divorce is sin while 49% say cohabitation is acceptable. Only 34% of evangelical Christians and 30% of traditional ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

Even In A "Good Divorce," Where Parents Amicably ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Even In A “Good Divorce,” where parents amicably minimize their conflicts, children inhabit a more difficult emotional landscape than those in intact families, according to a new survey. Divorce restructures children’s childhoods and leaves them traveling between two distinct worlds. It becomes ...read more

Unwed Mothers Birthed 1.5 Million Of The 4 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Unwed Mothers birthed 1.5 million of the 4 million total births in the U.S. last year. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, 55% percent of births for those ages 20-24 were to unwed mothers; almost 28% for ages 25-29. Unwed couples seem to have a positive ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

Christian T-Shirts Are More Popular Among Young ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Christian T-shirts are more popular among young adults (18-34) than NBA-themed or Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F) logo tees, finds a new DATOmana survey. When presented with NBA and A&F shirts, 40% of those surveyed chose a religious T-shirt, vs. 16% for the NBA shirt and 30% for the A&F shirt. Most said ...read more

Tags: Character

Crime: Gallup's Annual Crime Poll Reports Nearly ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Crime: Gallup’s annual crime poll reports nearly 1 in 3 households experienced some type of crime during the past year, including 18% with one incident and another 14% with two or ...read more

Tags: Sin General

First-Time Mothers

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

First-Time Mothers are working longer into their pregnancy and returning to work sooner after giving birth, according to the Census Bureau. USA Today reports 57% of new mothers in 1996-2000 worked full-time while pregnant vs. 40% in 1961-65. Women with a higher education are likely to be in ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Games Galore: The Non-Electronic Games Industry ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Games Galore: The non-electronic games industry is a $5 billion industry with 900 publishers and 38,000 products. Board games have seen record sales for 8 ...read more

Tags: Entertainment

Motivate: Half Of All Companies Use Cash Awards ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Motivate: Half of all companies use cash awards to motivate employees according to a National Employee Recognition Assoc. 83% used special events, 74% gift cards and 64% ...read more

Tags: Workplace Evangelism

The Church & Education: The Average Protestant ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The Church & Education: The average Protestant church offers classes, or education on 4.6 different topics in a typical year. The most common topics taught are for new members (60%) followed by basics of Christianity (47%) how to study the Bible (43%), evangelism (39%), spiritual ...read more

Tags: Church General

The U.s. Has More Than 300,000 Protestant ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The U.S. has more than 300,000 Protestant congregations and some 20,000 Catholic parishes. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Church General

The Number Of Working Women In The U.s. Has More ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The number of working women in the U.S. has more than doubled in the last 30 years, to 60 million. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Women

57% Of Single Women Own Their Own Home. (Foster ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

57% of single women own their own home. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Women

Gen-Xers Carry Roughly 78% More Debt Than Their ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Gen-Xers carry roughly 78% more debt than their boomer predecessors. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Money

55% Of Employers Allow Casual Dress Once A Week, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

55% of employers allow casual dress once a week, down from 60% in ‘01. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Workplace

2 In 5 Internet Users Visited An Adult Site In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

2 in 5 Internet users visited an adult site in August, according by comScore Media Metrix. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Addiction

3% Of All Web Traffic And 2% Of All Surfing Time ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

3% of all Web traffic and 2% of all surfing time involved an adult site during August. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Addiction

Religion Pays: Economist Jonathan Gruber Has ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Religion Pays: Economist Jonathan Gruber has found a statistical correlation between attending church and a Better Economic Outcome. Published in a National Bureau of Economic Research paper, he finds a household with double the normal rate of religious attendance has 9.1% more income. That extra ...read more

Tags: Character