|
58% Gay adults who say they have made "a personal commitment to Jesus Christ that is still important in [their] life today."
75% Straight adults who say this.
(Source: Barna Group )

15% Residents of Wittenberg, Germany, who are members of the Evangelical (Lutheran) Church. (Germany is about 30 percent Lutheran.)
3% Residents of Wittenberg who are Roman Catholic. (About 31 percent of Germans are Catholic.)
(Source: The Washington Post)

+5.5% Change in giving to religious organizations and churches in 2008 (total of $106.89 billion).
-2% Change in overall charitable giving in 2008 ($307.65 billion), the first decline in overall giving since 1987.
(Source: Giving USA )
Copyright © 2009 Christianity Today. Click for reprint information.
Related Elsewhere:
See our earlier Go Figure postings from July 2009, June 2009, May 2009, April 2009, March 2009, February 2009, January 2009, December 2008, November 2008, October 2008, September 2008, August 2008, July 2008, June 2008, May 2008, April 2008, March 2008, February 2008, January 2008, December 2007, November 2007, October 2007, September 2007, and earlier issues.
Have something to add about this? See something we missed? Share your feedback here.
Our digital archives are a work in progress. Let us know if corrections need to be made.

Subscribe to Christianity Today and get access to this article plus 65+ years of archives.
- Home delivery of CT magazine
- Complete access to articles on ChristianityToday.com
- Over 120 years of magazine archives plus full access to all of CT’s online archives
- Learn more
More from this Issue
Read These Next
- Trending
Report: Jean Vanier’s L’Arche Hid ‘Mystical-Sexual’ Sect for DecadesAn independent commission concluded that dozens of women were violated by Vanier and his mentor under exploitative spiritual disciplines. - From the Magazine
Why Are There So Many Angry Theologians?Theology should produce the fruit of the Spirit, not the works of the flesh. - Related
United Methodists Lose 1,800 Churches in Split Over LGBT StanceThe initial departures, mostly concentrated in the South, represent around 6 percent of the denomination—not as dramatic as the “schism” some feared. - Editor's Pick
Two Congregations Force LGBT Debate on Evangelical Covenant ChurchCan human sexuality be a nonessential issue for a denomination that seeks to “stand in the center”?