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3500 -- 4000 churches close their doors each year In America
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 8423472:MV8xNzQ3NzA3XzI4OTY2OTY2XzMxQUM1MjMw] [b] This is the link to the news[/b] http://www.keepgodinamerica.com/statistics.asp [/quote]
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Interesting Statistics about Americans, Church and God.
1- In America,
3500 — 4000 churches close
their doors each year. (from the Barna Study -- www.barna.org)
2-
Churches lose
an estimated
2,765,000 people each year
to nominalism and secularism. (from the Barna Study -- www.barna.org)
3- Usual Sunday church
attendance has dropped
from 1,606,00 in 1968 to 881,000 in 2005.(www.churchsociety.org)
4- Only 21% of Americans attend religious services every week.
(www.religioustolerence.org)
5- The proportion of the population that can be classified as Christian declined from 86% in 1990 to 77% in 2001.(American Religion Identification Survey)
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