News

Go Figure

The world around us by the numbers

27%

Increase in Bible sales for the week of Sept. 16-22 compared to same week in 2000

462%

Increase in Left Behind sales between August and September

6%

Increase in attendance at religious services weekend after terror attacks

20%

Increase in attendance at religious services after John F. Kennedy’s assassination

400

Couples in Harris County, Texas, who stopped divorce proceedings in the 10 days after the terror attacks

Sources: Family Christian Stores, Tyndale House Publishers, Time, Houston Chronicle

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