Category Archives: Statistics

This category is where I file statistics that would be useful as illustrations in preparing messages.

DNA, Just by chance?

Think about the huge number of software programmers and engineers required to write and maintain the information code that runs our computers today. It’s incredible to think of the trillions of dollars and billions of hours at the foundation of … Continue reading

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How time at church rates to other stuff with kids

By the time the average American child reaches 17, they will have spent more than 60,000 hours with the mass media of entertainment, only 11,000 hours at school, 2,000 hours with their parents and only 900 hours of church if … Continue reading

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Top Ten Seasons where Church Conflict is likely

Dales Huff uses this list when teaching pastors about Church conflict.?It?s adapted from Speed Lea?s list in Mastering Conflict & Controversy, by Ed. Dobson and Marshall Shelley, Word 1993. Times in the life of a church when conflict is liable … Continue reading

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If children could vote…

There are many marginalized segments of society, but none more so than children. Since they don?t vote or organize protests, they are politically voiceless and powerless. If organized, they would comprise the single largest lobbying block on the planet, claiming … Continue reading

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The importance of religion in Canada and the USA

Since ?92 the importance of religion to Canadians fell from 61% to 39%; in the U.S it dropped from 83% to 63%. (from Church Leaders Intelligence Report – 01/24/07)

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