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Boston Has Seen Its Number Of Protestant ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

Boston has seen its number of Protestant churches double in the past 30 years, from 300 in ’70 to over 600 today. Emmanuel Gospel Center research finds ...read more

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100 Years Old: The April 1906 Azusa Street ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

100 Years Old: The April 1906 Azusa Street revivals in Los Angeles are considered the birth the modern Pentecostal movement. According to the World Christian Encyclopedia, adherents to Charismatic faiths now number more ...read more

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Atheist Paid To Attend Church: Jim Henderson, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

Atheist Paid To Attend Church: Jim Henderson, author and President of Off the Map, placed a winning eBay auction bid of $504 to send a Chicago atheist to church (one visit per $10 bid). Off the ...read more

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Marketing Myth: There Is The Long-Held Belief ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

Marketing Myth: There is the long-held belief that older TV viewers (ages 40 to 50) rarely change brand loyalty. Age Wave research company says boomers are, in fact, more open to new things such as new cell phone technology, Internet shopping, and other products. Marketers shouldn’t fall into ...read more

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176 Languages Are Spoken In The U.s. Today. (The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

176 languages are spoken in the U.S. today. (The ...read more

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43% Of United Methodist Churches In America Did ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

43% of United Methodist churches in America did not receive even one member by profession of faith ...read more

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More Born Again: New Barna Research Finds 45% Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

More Born Again: New Barna research finds 45% of all U.S. adults meet the Barna Group “born again” criteria. That’s up from 31% in ‘83. It hovered in the 36% to 43% range from ‘92 through ‘05. The current figure represents the largest single-year increase since ‘91. A 16-point rise among Baby ...read more

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Religion Matters To Teens According To A 4-Year ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

Religion Matters To Teens according to a 4-year study by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 80% of teens identify themselves as Protestant, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Mormon, or Jewish. 82% are affiliated with a local congregation, 80% have few doubts about their beliefs. 71% feel ...read more

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Seamless Retailers 68% Of All Shoppers Now Move ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

Seamless Retailers 68% of all shoppers now move interchangeably between physical stores, online stores, and catalogs. Consumers see a retailer as a single, seamless entity, whether they visit a store, Web site, talk to a rep on the phone, or look through a ...read more

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Boston Has Seen Its Number Of Protestant ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

Boston has seen its number of Protestant churches double in the past 30 years, from 300 in ’70 to over 600 today. Emmanuel Gospel Center research finds ...read more

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100 Years Old: The April 1906 Azusa Street ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

100 Years Old: The April 1906 Azusa Street revivals in Los Angeles are considered the birth the modern Pentecostal movement. According to the World Christian Encyclopedia, adherents to Charismatic faiths now number more ...read more

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House Church Growth: A New Barna Group Study ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

House Church Growth: A new Barna Group study finds 9% of U.S. adults attend a house church during a typical week, vs. 1% in ‘96. 10% report attending a house church at least once a month. It is estimated more than 70 million adults have at least experimented with a house church. The survey revealed ...read more

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Christian Music Illegal: The New York Division ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

Christian Music Illegal: The New York Division of Human Rights has accused a skating rink of discrimination for playing Christian music during a skate party for churches. Rink owners insist they’ve done nothing wrong and that authorities are investigating to ...read more

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Boomer Marketing Rules: Treat Everyone ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

Boomer Marketing Rules: Treat Everyone Differently: Don’t incorrectly assume there’s one “Boomer” market. There are numerous segments within this cohort of 78 million. Put Some Feeling Into It: The older Boomers get, the more their decisions are driven by “gut feeling” than logic and reason. Be ...read more

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St. Pixels, The World's First Online 3d Church, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

St. Pixels, the world’s first online 3D church, was created by UK Christian webzine shipoffools.com and is sponsored by the Methodist Church of Great Britain. During it‘s pilot run it had as many as 41,000 attempts to log in to the church and averaged over 7,300 visits per day. More than half the ...read more

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B2b Ad Power 57% Of Executives Who Read B2b ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

B2B Ad Power 57% of executives who read B2B magazines have acted on an ad they saw in one of these publications, finds a new Harris ...read more

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Generation Gap Many Of Today's Young People, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

Generation Gap Many of today’s young people, unlike their parents, have never known anything but a world dominated by technology. Even their social lives revolve around the Web, iPods, and cellphones. So they dress down, talk loose, and reveal their innermost thoughts online. The result is a ...read more

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Ad Jacket A Hot New Trend In Japan Where They ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

Ad Jacket A hot new trend in Japan where they are called Brajackets, are ads disguised as a dust jacket for a book. Made from high-quality, coated paper that makes designs and colors pop, they come with a built-in bookmark and are available Free, and no purchase necessary from ...read more

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Ad-Verse More Than 60% Of Americans Block Phone ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

Ad-Verse More than 60% of Americans block phone calls, e-mails and/or pop-up ads. 30% use DVR’s to ...read more

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B. The Largest Church In The World Is David ...  PRO

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 27, 2006

b. The largest church in the world is David Yonngi Cho’s church in South Korea which numbers over 800,000 people. It is know for it’s “Power Evangelism model of prayer and miracles.” He adds, “Healing has always played a major role in Cho’s church. Spiritual warfare through prayer has ...read more

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Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational