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Get the numbers on Max Lucado, Orthodox congregants, and poverty.

Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 11/21/2008 09:20AM

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1 million Copies of Max Lucado's book 3:16: The Numbers of Hope sold to date.

3 million Greeting cards, bracelets, shirts, videos, church musicals, and other products tied to the Lucado book sold to date.

(Source: Publishers Weekly)

90% Eastern Orthodox congregants who are American-born.

51% Orthodox Church in America (OCA) members who are converts.

56% OCA clergy who are converts.

(Source: Religion News Service)

90% White evangelicals who say they hear about hunger and poverty at church.

88% White mainline Protestants who say they hear about hunger and poverty at church..

(Source: Faith in Public Life)

See our earlier Go Figure postings from November 2008, October 2008, September 2008, August 2008, July 2008, June 2008, May 2008, April 2008, March 2008, February 2008, January 2008, December 2007, November 2007, October 2007, September 2007, and earlier issues.

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John	Posted: November 22, 2008 7:19 PM


There are many evangelical ministries that are on the cutting edge of grassroots, wholistic, long term ministry in the urban centers among the poor and underserved. One of the main ones making a huge difference is Here's Life Inner City who is committed to serving the urban church. Check them out at www.hlictwincities.org or www.hlic.org

Cassie Vanderwall (Registered User)

Posted: November 22, 2008 6:26 PM

Random percentages seldom very useful unless they have some more background to them. I too Andrew do not understand the random set of percents, but Paul did not fill the pages with what people thought, or go and change laws. He preached the word of God and by people accepting Christ, then we saw results. Too often what we write comes across in anger, assumptions and generalizations that do not help but divide.

Andrew

Posted: November 21, 2008 7:59 PM

Not sure what these figures are supposed to mean: 90% White evangelicals who say they hear about hunger and poverty at church. 88% White mainline Protestants who say they hear about hunger and poverty at church. One might assume they suggest a slightly higher level of caring for the poor by evangelicals. But I suspect that in evangelical churches most of the talk is aimed at getting church members to give a handout to the hungry poor, while in most of the white mainline churches the focus would be on societal structures--shaped and maintained by the well fed, affluent white--that help keep people poor and hungry, with a the call to those Protestants to work in behalf of changing those structures. Affluent white evangelicals don't work to change laws that keep them up and the poor down--they feel better affirming the status quo and giving the hungry poor a handout.

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