Churched Children Get Better Grades!Church attendance has as much greater effect on a teen’s grade point average as whether their parents earned a college...
Family, Christian Movies Dominate the Independent Film MarketAs in recent years, family and Christian movies have dominated the independent film market serving 1,000 theaters or less in...
U.S. Churches Are More Focused on HomeSome new statistics show that churches in the United States are more focused on what’s happening in the U.S. than...
Religion Helps Teenagers Avoid MarijuanaA Brigham Young University study finds religious involvement (regardless of the denomination) makes teenagers half as likely to use marijuana...
Americans Say Nation’s Moral Direction Is WrongMore than 70% of Americans believe the nation’s moral compass is headed in the wrong direction, according to the Knights...
‘Active’ Christians Buy More Books“Active” Christians spend 66% more on Christian books than do “Professing,” “Private,” “Liturgical,” and “Cultural” Christians combined. They also buy...
Small Church Groups Show Increasing InfluenceSmall groups in large churches are fast becoming the way in which Christians relate to one another, and to the...
Large Evangelical Churches Increase 35%The number of large churches choosing the label “evangelical” has increased 35% since 2000, from 48% to 65%. The question...
Experts Say Strong Heterosexual Families Help Children Most!A team of researchers from Child Trends, a nonpartisan research center, reports, “Family structure clearly matters for children, and the...
U.S. Teenagers Spend $170 Billion Annually on EntertainmentU.S. teenagers spend $170 billion per year of their disposable income on entertainment, including books. This shows how great the...
Bad Company Corrupts Good CharacterA UCLA Higher Education Research Institute study finds the percentage of college students who never attend religious services nearly doubles...
Violent Video Games Make Children ViolentNew studies of children age 9 to 12 and 12 to 18 in the United States and Japan proves that...
TV Sex Promotes Teenage Pregnancy, Another Study FindsAnother study, this time by the journal PEDIATRICS, has found that teenage girls exposed to sexual content on television are...
Darkness and Light“Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness. Whoever loves his brother lives...
Paris Has the BlackBerry Blues“When you have your BlackBerry taken away, it’s like the most painful thing ever.”...
The Top 100 Largest ChurchesFor the first time since OUTREACH magazine has compiled its annual report of the largest churches in America, all 100...
Between Heaven and HellAbout 84% of Americans believe Heaven absolutely or probably exists, compared to 73% of Americans who believe Hell absolutely or...
Movie Attendance Plummets as Hollywood Turns to the Dark SideAttendance at movie theaters has plummeted 4.7% in 2008 so far, despite the hoopla surrounding THE DARK KNIGHT, as Hollywood...
Cyberporn Generation, Part TwoCanada’s Macleans national news magazine reported recently that children as young as 8-years-old are viewing and getting hooked on pornography...
The High Cost of Single Parents and DivorceDivorce and single parenting cost U.S. taxpayers about $112 billion each year. Single parent families get $28 billion annually in...
U.S. Moral Values Getting WorseA Gallup Poll in June indicates that 81% of American adults, about 183 million people, believe that U.S. moral values...
Active American Christians Number About 43 MillionActive Christians in America number about 43 million people, or 19% of the population, according to a CTI and R.R....
More Judicial Tyranny: U.S. Judge Accepts Homosexual Suit Against Bible PublishersU.S. District Judge Julian Abele Cook, Jr. has accepted the suit from a self-described homosexual man from Michigan seeking $70...
Americans Think There Is No One Way to God – Jesus Says DifferentlyA survey recently released by the Pre Forum on Religion & Public Life says that 70% of American adults affiliated...