Go Figure
Recent stats on corporate non-giving to faith groups, donations to the Baptist World Alliance, and a drop in church programs.
Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 9/20/2005 12:00AM
17
|
425,000
|
38,000
|
| Percentage of the top 50 Fortune 500 corporations' foundations whose policies prohibit their giving to faith-based groups |
Dollars the Southern Baptist Convention had budgeted for the Baptist World Alliance in 2004. |
Drop in the number of churches offering vacation Bible school since 1997 (from 81 percent to 69 percent). |
57
|
25,000
|
20,000
|
| Percentage of corporations that mention faith-based organizations and will not match employee contributions to them. |
Dollars Southern Baptist pastor Rick Warren and his wife, Kay, donated to the BWA after the SBC withdrew its membership from the global body. |
Drop in the number of churches that have midweek programming for children since 1997 (from 64 percent to 58 percent). |
Sources: The White House, The Barna Update
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Sources: The White House and The Barna Update statistics are available online.
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