$40,077

28%

15%

Average compensation for Protestant senior pastors in America. Americans who say 9/11 proves there's "too much religion in the world." Population of Brazil that is Protestant today.

$32,040

51%

9%

Average compensation in 1992. Americans who say it proves there's "too little religion." Brazil's Protestant population in 1991.

Sources: Barna Research Group, Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, Associated Press


Related Elsewhere



Articles referenced above include:

Pastoral Compensation Hits New High—Barna Research Online (May 28, 2002)
Americans Struggle with Religion's Role at Home and Abroad—Pew Research Center (March 20, 2002)

Christianity Today's recent Go Figure columns include:

Statistics on the Protestant clergy shortage and The Prayer of Jabez (May 23, 2002)
The number of Americans who say they have no religion is growing (May 8, 2002)
Orlando's Holy Land Experience surpasses first year expectations and Christian music soars in 2001. (April 1, 2002)
Can an atheist lead a protest from the grave? (March 12, 2002)
Do Christian readers want more fiction or more Bible studies? (Feb. 6, 2002)
More Americans who read the Bible are "at peace" than those who don't. (Jan. 25, 2002)
How many U.S. senior pastors have a gift of evangelism? (Dec. 14, 2001)
Changes after September 11 (Nov. 12, 2001)

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