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Evangelism In The U.s.: A New Barna Group Survey ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Evangelism In The U.S.: A new Barna Group survey finds that 55% of born again adults claim to have shared their faith in Christ with a non-Christian during the prior 12 months, a ratio that has remained relatively constant for 10 years. As might be expected, 66% of evangelicals shared their faith, ...read more

The U.s., With Nearly 100 Million Born Again ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The U.S., with nearly 100 million born again Christians, has more than any other nation in the world. (Foster ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

In '04, 53% Of U.s. Management Positions Were ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

In ’04, 53% of U.S. management positions were filled by internal candidates vs. just 44% 5 years ago. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Workplace

The Average U.s. Worker Spends 48 Minutes ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The average U.S. worker spends 48 minutes commuting to and from work each day. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Workplace Balance

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

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

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

Tags: Church General

Kids Online: About 90% Of U.s. Children And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Kids Online: About 90% of U.S. children and adolescents ages 5-17 use computers, and about 60% use the Internet. About 25% of 5-year-olds use the Internet, and this number rises to over 50% by age 9, and to at least 75% by ages 15-17. ...read more

Tags: Children

Lives Molested: A New Study By The U.s. Centers ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Lives Molested: A new study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention surprisingly discovered that 16% of adult men were sexually molested as children and that 38% of the perpetrators were female. 25% of adult women reported being molested, 94% of the time by males. Molestation victims ...read more

Tags: Children

Total Estimated U.s. Charitable Giving Reached ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Total estimated U.S. charitable giving reached $248.52 billion for ‘04 — a new record for philanthropic giving. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Where Evangelicals Live: 7% Of The U.s Adult ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Where Evangelicals Live: 7% of the U.S adult population (15 million people) is evangelical. Little Rock has the highest percentage of evangelicals (22%) of all large U.S. metro areas. Los Angeles has more evangelicals than New York, Chicago and Boston areas combined! A new Barna Group report shows ...read more

Tags: Character

86% Of U.s. Consumers Have Reduced The Amount Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

86% of U.S. consumers have reduced the amount of time they spend shopping in the past 5 years. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Finding Fulfillment

Greeting Card Market Data • 86% Of The U.s. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Greeting Card Market Data • 86% of the U.S. population buys greeting cards. 80% of shoppers will need a card in the next two weeks. • 91 million U.S. households buy greeting cards. • The average Christian consumer has purchased more than 4 cards in the last 3 months. • Every card ...read more

Tags: Giving General

33% Of U.s. Born-Again Christians Say It Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

33% of U.S. born-again Christians say it is impossible for them to get ahead in life because of financial debt. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Money

The U.s. Census Claims From ‘96 To ‘00 There Was ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The U.S. Census claims from ‘96 to ‘00 there was a tenfold increase in unmarried couples living together. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

52% Of U.s. Abortions Are Performed On Women Aged ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

52% of U.S. abortions are performed on women aged 25 or younger. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Abortion

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 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

Last Year, U.s. Financial Institutions Collected ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Last year, U.S. financial institutions collected $37.8 billion in account service charges, more than double of ’94. ...read more

Tags: Money

Abortion Down: In '02, 14% Of Births By U.s. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

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

As Of July 1, The U.s. Population Was At 296.4 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

As of July 1, the U.S. population was at 296.4 million, but it may hit 300 million in ‘07. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Evangelism Urgency

In The U.s 50% Of First Marriages And More Than ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

In the U.S 50% of first marriages and more than 60% of second marriages end in divorce. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Divorce