Fast Facts:
- The average term of a pastor in a U.S. church is 8 years.
- 40% of Americans claim to attend church weekly, but on any given Sunday actual attendance is closer to 20%. (ChurchLeaders.com)
- Pew Research reports 20% of U.S. adults now consider themselves religiously unaffiliated, as do as many as a third of adults under 30.
- Millennials are more likely to think of religious people as hypocritical, judgmental or insincere.
- Just 0.34% of the U.S. population are members of one or another Orthodox Christian Church.
- 29% of South Koreans today are Christians vs. 1% in 1900.
- 71% of Koreans living in the U.S. say they are Christian, including 61% Protestant and 10% Catholic.
- The majority of Christians in South Korea belong to Protestant denominations.
- Americans spend $25.5 billion on veterinary care and supplies each year.
- Today the average American home receives 189 TV channels, up from 129 in ‛08. 17 are consistently tuned in.
- 72.9 million U.S. households have pets.
- Millennials will represent 75% of the workforce by 2025.
- There are more vacant houses than homeless people in the U.S. (Truthdig)
- 46% of U.S. moms say they would return home for their smartphone but not their wallet.
- The percentage of U.S. marriages that have ended in divorce at any point in time has never hit 50%.
- 51% of Americans take a prescription compared to 77% dogs.
Edited by Gary Foster, Gary D Foster Consulting, A management and marketing consulting firm specializing in serving Christian ministries and businesses. www.garydfoster.com
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