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Go Figure

Recent stats on working parents, divorce, and missions spending.

48%

22%

Evangelical Protestants in traditional family arrangements (married with children) where both adults work full time. Americans who believe divorce is a sin. The amount spent on overseas missions for every dollar donated to a congregation, in a survey of 28 Protestant denominations.

40%

34%

10¢

Americans overall in traditional family arrangements where both adults work full time. Evangelical Protestants who believe this. Amount spent on overseas missions for every dollar donated in 1920.

Sources: Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, empty tomb, inc.

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