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Go Figure

Get the numbers on cancer patients, American Idol, and lay leaders.

11.3% Highly religious cancer patients who received mechanical ventilation during the last week of life, in a study of 345 advanced cancer patients.

3.6% Least religious patients who received mechanical ventilation.

(Source: Journal of the American Medical Association)

6 Number of the 11 American Idol finalists who regularly perform at places of worship.

3 Number who have worked as worship leaders at a church.

(Source: Associated Press)

31% Congregations that would accept a member of a cohabiting unmarried couple as a lay leader.

23% Congregations that would accept a member of an openly homosexual couple as a lay leader.

(Source: National Congregations Study)

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The CT archives are a rich treasure of biblical wisdom and insight from our past. Some things we would say differently today, and some stances we've changed. But overall, we're amazed at how relevant so much of this content is. We trust that you'll find it a helpful resource.

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The Not-for-Profit Surge

John W. Kennedy

Books Uncommon and Offbeat

John Wilson

Keeping Holy Ground Holy

Nathan Bierma

Theology in Wood and Concrete

Gary Wang

Praying 'Deliver Us from Evil'

Compiled by Richard A. Kauffman

Surveying the Wondrous Cross

Review

Science and the Mystic

Abolishing Homelessness in Ten Years

My Top 5 Spiritual Memoirs

Lauren Winner

What Do Prayer Studies Prove?

Gregory Fung and Christopher Fung

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More Giving, Less Taxing

A Christianity Today Editorial

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Pressure to Prove Himself

Sarah Pulliam

News

'The Perfect Hybrid'

Sarah Pulliam

Review

What to Do with the Stranger?

Tony Carnes

Augustine's Origin of Species

Alister McGrath

From the Printing Press to the iPhone

Readers Write

Out of Step and Fine with It

Collin Hansen

News

Learning from Widows

Timothy C. Morgan

News

A Simple, Old-Fashioned Fundraiser

John W. Kennedy

CreationWatch

Why We Need Earthquakes

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Passages

News

Be Careful What You Wish For

Sarah Pulliam

News

News Briefs: May 01, 2009

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Quotation Marks

News

El Salvador's Values Voters

Deann Alford

Q & A: Carl Moeller

Interview by Timothy C. Morgan

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Faith on the Frontera

C. L. Lopez

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A Problematic Peace Accord

Compass Direct News

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Caring for the Caregivers

Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra

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Church Pink Slips

Bobby Ross Jr.

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In Over His Pay Grade

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