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Get the numbers on Max Lucado, Orthodox congregants, and poverty.

1 million   Copies of Max Lucado’s book 3:16: The Numbers of Hope sold to date.

3 million   Greeting cards, bracelets, shirts, videos, church musicals, and other products tied to the Lucado book sold to date.

(Source: Publishers Weekly)

90%   Eastern Orthodox congregants who are American-born.

51%   Orthodox Church in America (OCA) members who are converts.

56%   OCA clergy who are converts.

(Source: Religion News Service)

90%   White evangelicals who say they hear about hunger and poverty at church.

88%   White mainline Protestants who say they hear about hunger and poverty at church..

(Source: Faith in Public Life)

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