Growth, Decline for Assembly of God Church: 2004-2005
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In 2004 there were 2,779,095 adherents in the Assembly of God church compared to 2,830,861 in 2005.
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In 2004 there were 12,277 churches with 280 new churches opened
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In 2005 the Council of the Assembly of God reported 12,298 churches with 258 new churches opened.
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In 2004 the membership of the Assembly of God Church was 1,594,062 compared to 1,612,336 in 2005.
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Date: 11/13/2006
Study Reveals that Once Churched Adults are Willing to Attend Once Again
- Four percent of formerly churched adults are actively looking for a church to attend regularly (other than their previous church).
- Six percent would prefer to resume attending regularly in the same church they had attended.
- 62 percent are not actively looking, but are open to the idea of attending church regularly again.
- More than a third are motivated to consider returning "to fill a gap felt since stopping regular church attendance" (34 percent).
- The most common motivation of those who would consider returning comes straight from the soul: "to bring me closer to God" (46 percent).
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Date: 11/8/2006
Statistics show that Generation Y is Redefining Faith
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Less religious youth are concentrated among those who simply have no denominational preference (66 percent compared to 27 percent overall) and Jews (40 percent compared to 27 percent overall)
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Demographically, God-less youth are not that distinct from the rest of their peers.
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They are more male (33 percent compared to 27 percent overall), especially college educated men (39 percent compared to 27 percent overall)
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They are particularly likely to be found in the Northeast (41 percent compared to 27 percent overall).
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A disproportionate number of Asian Americans (38 percent compared to 27 percent overall) are also God-less.
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Between 1972 and 2000, the percentage of young Americans identifying themselves as white steadily decreased from 88 percent to 65 percent.
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Date: 11/6/2006
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