Go Figure
Politics
86% Protestant pastors who say the government should not revoke a church's tax exemption if a pastor endorses political candidates.
84% Protestant pastors who believe that pastors should not endorse political candidates.
Source: Lifeway Research
Evolution
Self-identified evangelical pastors on whether the earth is 6,000 years old:
No answer: 13%
Strongly agree : 29%
Somewhat agree: 19%
Somewhat disagree: 12%
Strongly disagree: 27%
Self-identified evangelical pastors on whether God used evolution to create people:
No answer: 3%
Strongly agree: 8%
Somewhat agree: 10%
Somewhat disagree: 9%
Strongly disagree: 70%
Source: LifeWay Research
Ministry
Protestant pastors on how many close friends (not in their immediate family) they have within their church:
12%: 0-1
4%: 1-2
10%: 1-3
38%: 3-5
16%: 6-10
18%: 11
Source: Lifeway Research
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Steve Skeete
72% of pastor claim to have three or more friends in their congregations. If what I have heard about friendship is true then this is a startling statistic. I have been told that to have more than 2-3 persons one can call "true friends" is a rare thing. So to have more than three "close" friend probable means this survey has to be re-taken. Back to the questionaire gentlemen. Next time give a definition of "close" and see if the statistics change.