| 70 | Child abuse allegations reported against American Protestant churches each week during the last 10 years. |
| 25 | Percentage of 1999 church abuse cases in which the accused was a pastor. |
| 89,500 | Congregations in the National Council of Churches’ 16 Protestant denominations. |
| 71,000 | Clergy in those denominations who serve congregations. |
| 9.2 million | Copies of The Prayer of Jabez sold to date. |
| 30,000 | Copies Multnomah Publishers expected Jabez to sell when it was released in May 2000. |
Sources:
The Christian Science Monitor
, Associated Press,Publishers Weekly
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Sex abuse spans spectrum of churches—The Christian Science Monitor (April 5, 2002)
‘Jabez’ Enlarges Multnomah’s ‘Territory’—Publishers Weekly (April 1, 2002)
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