Gallup Poll: Most Britons, Canadians "Unchurched"
This year, 43% of Americans are "unchurched," compared with 66% of Canadians and 80% Britons.
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As among U.S. adults, the likelihood for Britons and Canadians to be unchurched declines with age.
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In the United States, nearly two-thirds of adults say they are a member of a church, synagogue, or mosque, a figure that has held relatively steady for the past few decades.
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In contrast, only 44% of Canadians say they are members, and for Britons, the percentage is even lower, at 28%.
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Date: 10/18/2005
Barna Group Research on Unchurched People
One out of three American adults (33%) is unchurched: A proportion that represents 65-70 million adults in America. (2000)
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Roughly 10 million born again Christian adults are unchurched. (2000)
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The highest proportion of unchurched is in the Northeast (44%), compared to 33% in the West, 32% in the Midwest and 26% in the South. (2000)
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Half of the churched population has accepted Jesus Christ as their savior, compared with one out of every six unchurched adults (17%) who has done so. (2004)
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Date: 3/16/2005
Strategies for Reaching French Canadians
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FRENCH-CANADIANS refers to the large population segment in Canada that is of French descent.
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In 2001, almost one-quarter of Canadians (6.7 million) reported French as their mother tongue.
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The corresponding figure for Qubec (pronounced Ka bek) was 81 percent.
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A little over 83 percent of Qubcois were Catholic, another 5.8 percent chose no religion.
According to Outreach Canada, there are more than 850 cities and identifiable communities in the province of Qubec that don't have a single evangelical church.
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Date: 6/18/2004
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