Study shows movies with a Christian theme do better at the box office
- A recent study that looked at top box office movies from 1998 through 2006 has found that films with a strong Christian worldview tend to perform better at the theatres than those that include explicit sex and nudity and/or extreme foul language.
- According to the study, the highest and lowest averages for films with a strong Christian worldview were between $106.3 million per movie and $30.1 million per movie, respectively.
- Those films that have strong profanity, sex, and/or nudity had a range of high-lows from $27.7 million per movie to $6.3 million per movie, respectively.
- The vast majority of moviegoers, which includes the 142 million Americans who go to church every week, prefer positive Christian movies with morally uplifting content.
Date: 3/16/2007
U.S. Congregational Life Survey Looks at What Works in the Areas of Evangelism and Church Growth
The U.S. Congregational Life Survey provides a unique look at what works in the areas of evangelism and church growth.
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Only large churches grow. Fact: 39% of fast-growing Presbyterian churches have fewer than 200 in worship.
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Most new people are new to the faith. Fact: Most new people attending their congregation for five years or less have changed congregations within the same denomination (transfers: 57%).
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New people usually learn about the congregation from advertising. Fact: Many new people (47%) visit for the first time because someone invited them; only 6% came for the first time due to advertising.
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New people usually come back after the first time because of the coffee hour. Fact: People return because of the quality of the sermon (36%), the friendliness of the people (32%), and the overall worship experience (30%).
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