Stats Show that a New Generation of Adults Bends Moral and Sexual Rules to Their Liking
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"Busters" are those born between the years of 1965 and 1983. Currently, Busters are ages 23 through 41.
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Among the 32 factors examined in the research, eight of them related to such topics as extramarital sex, pornography, homosexuality, and sexual fantasies.
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Busters were twice as likely to have viewed sexually explicit movies or videos
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Busters were more likely than older adults to say that in the past month they had used illegal drugs and had gotten drunk. (Smoking rates, however, were comparable between the generations.)
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Busters were twice as likely as their parents’ generation to use profanity in public, to say mean things about others behind their back, to tell something to another person that was not true, to do something to get back at someone who hurt or offended them, to take something that didn’t belong to them, and to physically fight or abuse someone.
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Date: 10/31/2006
The College Transition Project reveals why students go to Youth Groups
- According to the College Transition Project, 68 percent of those interviewed said it is "very true" or "completely true" they go to youth group because they like their youth pastor.
- The second most popular reason was "I learn about God there," which was followed by 58 percent who said "It's fun."
- Other reasons listed as "very true" or "completely true" by at least 50 percent of the students included "I feel comfortable there," "I've always gone to church/youth group," "It's a place where I can learn to serve," and "It feels like a real community."
- The least likely reason students listed was that their parents make them go or that they feel guilty if they don't go.
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Date: 10/24/2006
Study shows the Growth and Format of Megachurches
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There are 1,210 Protestant churches in the United States with weekly attendance over 2,000, nearly double the number that existed 5 years ago.
- The megachurches surveyed reported a 2005 average regular weekly attendance of 3,585 persons.
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Only 16% have 5,000 or more in attendance each week.
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The median seating capacity of the largest worship service was 1,400.
- At least 50% of churches use multiple venues for worship as well as satellite locations to increase seating capacity.
- The four states with the greatest concentrations of megachurches are California (14%), Texas (13%), Florida (7%) and Georgia (6%).
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The groups with the largest numbers of megachurches in our survey sample included nondenominational (36%), Southern Baptist (20%), United Methodist (9%), and Assemblies of God (5%).
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Date: 10/15/2006
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