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Research Examines African American Churches and Their Congregations
- The estimates of seminary trained black clergy vary from 20 to 30 percent nationwide.
- The majority of black rural church pastors live in urban areas and commute an average of over 40 miles to their churches.
- Cheryl Gilkes has estimated that African Americans constitute about 25 percent of the participants in megachurch congregations, both black and white.
- A study of 66 black megachurches were divided as follows:
- Baptist, 46 percent
- Nondenominational, 29 percent
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Date: 12/12/2006
Zogby poll reveals what Americans think about Abortion
- In a poll by Zogby International, a respected polling firm, a total of 56 percent agreed with one of the following pro-life views:
- abortion should never be legal (18percent)
- legal only when the life of the mother is in danger (15 percent)
- legal only when the life of the mother is in danger or in cases of rape or incest (23 percent)
- Only 42 percent of those surveyed agreed with one of the following statements supporting abortion:
- abortion should be legal for any reason in the first 3 months (25 percent)
- legal for any reason during the first 6 months (4 percent)
- legal for any reason at any time during the woman's pregnancy (13 percent).
- 77% favor laws requiring that women who are 20 weeks or more along in their pregnancy be given information about fetal pain before having an abortion.
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Date: 12/8/2006
Research reveals that Young American's are not Equipped for Success
- It is estimated that more than two-thirds of our children and youth — 34 million Americans between ages 6 and 17 — are not receiving sufficient developmental resources that put them on a path to success in adulthood.
- Approximately 25% of all public high school students fail to graduate on time, if at all.
- Researchers have estimated that for African Americans and Hispanics, the graduation rate could be as low as 50%.
- Among 15-year-olds from 39 nations who took standardized math tests, American students finished a dismal 24th.
- Approximately one in six American children between ages 6 and 19 are overweight.
- One in 12 high school students has attempted suicide.
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Date: 11/16/2006
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