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."
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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.
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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.
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Date: 1/17/2008
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