Priorities & Pacing Spring 1991

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A column of current statistics selected especially for Christian communicators

Percentage of Americans who claim membership in a church or synagogue: 69

Who believe it is important to be a church member: 84

Of Americans who ate dinner last night, the percentage who ate alone: 22

Estimated number of pages that will be faxed in the United States this year, per person: 240

Of the world's 164 countries, the number that have safe water: 54

Percentage of parents who say they feel very comfortable discussing sex with their oldest child under 18: 59

Percentage who say they never discuss sex with their children: 14

Number of U.S. states that have more men than women: 5

Increase, since 1980, in the median income of an American, in constant dollars: $64

Increase, since 1980, in the median cost of a new home, in constant dollars: $16,170

Percentage of Americans who do not read books: 50

Percentage of Christian teenagers who say the Bible's guidelines for sex apply today: 62

Who say they don't: 19

Who don't know: 19

Pounds of laundry washed by an average American family of four in one year: 2,000

Ratio of prisoners to the total U.S. population: 1:369

Ratio of ministers to the total U.S. population: 1:714

According to a recent Gallup poll, only 26 percent of Americans believe clergy should be paid $40,000 or more per year. Yet 42 percent believe teachers should receive that level of compensation, and 48 percent say nurses should. Further, almost three times as many Americans (76 percent) believe attorneys deserve at least $40,000 annually.

-Reported in Church Law & Tax Report, 1-2/91

Many denominations have seen significant membership declines since 1965. United Methodists, for example, have shrunk ...

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