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Persecution
Number of Christian martyrs every 24 hours:
1900s: 90
'70s: 1,030
'00s: 440
2011: 270*
2025: 410*
* projectedChurch Life
1,600: Christian denominations worldwide in 1900.
18,800: In 1970.
42,000: In 2011.
400,000: Christian congregations worldwide in 1900.
1,433,000: In 1970.
3,500,000: In 2011.
Discipleship
5%: Among Christians who are involved in a church, those who say their church holds them accountable.
7%: Small-group attenders who say accountability is one of the functions fulfilled by their group.
Celebrity
Protestant pastors who think the following are Christians:
Barack Obama: 23% of pastors who are Republicans, 80% of pastors who are Democrats.
Glenn Beck: 24% of pastors who are Republicans, 37% of pastors who are Democrats.
Islam
23.4%: Global population that is Muslim.
26.4%: The world's Muslim population in 2030, if trends continue.
0.8%: U.S. population that is Muslim. It is projected to be 1.7% in 2030.
400,000: Christian congregations worldwide in 1900.
1,433,000: In 1970.
3,500,000: In 2011.
Economy
Church Foreclosures in the U.S.
2006: 2
2007:9
2008: 24
2009: 61
2010:96
71%: Megachurch pastors who said in April-May 2010 the economy is having a minimal impact on their church and its ministries.
58%: Megachurch pastors who said this in October 2010.
15%: Pastors of megachurches (2000+ attendance) who say offerings decreased between 2009 and 2010.
34%: Protestant pastors overall who said, in a separate survey, that offerings were down.
39%: In a third survey, churches overall who reported a decline in giving in 2010 from 2009.
Technology
22%: Protestant churches that do not have a website.
42%: Of Protestant churches with websites, those that update them monthly or less often.
Education
13%: Public high school biology teachers who explicitly ...
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