Go Figure

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

Articles referenced above include:

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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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)

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