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
Study Shows that Majority of Academic Professors Believe Themselves to be Spiritual
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Four out of Five (81%) of professors say that they are a spiritual person
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Two thirds say they seek opportunities to grow spiritually to some extent and engage in self reflection to a great extent
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47% of professors state that integrating spirituality into their life is essential
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64% claim to be religious
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61% claim to pray or meditate
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Date: 11/2/2006
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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