Showing 1 to 3 of 67      First | Prev | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 | Next | Last Research Reveals that Many Americans Are Turned Off By Church But Are Accepting of Christians A study by Lifeway Research and the North American Mission Board revealed that sixty-four percent of the respondents think "the Christian religion is a relevant and viable religion for today." Seventy-nine percent think Christianity "is more about organized religion than about loving God and loving people." Eighty-six percent of those surveyed believe they "can have a good relationship with God without being involved in church." more... Date: 1/24/2008 A Survey By Relevant Magazine Shows That Young Christians Still Hold Traditional Moral Values According to a survey by Relevant Magazine, the younger generation of Christian voters shared some of the same moral values held by traditional Christian right leaders.  They differed significantly from traditional Christian right leaders in other aspects such as foreign policy, abortion, and healthcare. Abortion was still considered one the most important issues in the presidential election by younger Christian voters. Gay rights, a core issue for Christian right leaders, was selected out of a provided list (abortion, gay rights, church and state issues, bioethics, illegal immigration) as the least important presidential issue. more... Date: 1/17/2008 The International Bulletin of Missionary Research Reported that 2,231,421,000 People in the World Are Christian Every twenty-four hours the world has a population net growth of 219,000 people. Christians number 170,000 converts per day but find 91,000 defectors, so the net growth is 79,000 Christians each day. Of the 2,113,199,000 "affiliated" Christians, 1,476,690,000 are "church attenders."  There were 175,000 Christian martyrs worldwide this year, which means 480 per day. more... Date: 1/17/2008