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Poll Says Many Pentecostals Don't Speak in Tongues (Christianity Today)

rtatum — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 03:28:00 -0400

More from the recent Pew survey. From the page: "Researchers found that many Pentecostals and charismatics attend worship services where speaking in tongues and other signs of the Holy Spirit are evident. But in six of the 10 countries surveyed, at least Tagged by rtatum under BlogRodent, Pentecostal, Charismatic, charismata, spiritual-gifts, tongues, glossolallia, christianity, demographics, statistics, survey,

National Council of Churches' 2006 Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches

rtatum — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 03:28:00 -0400

From the page: "The Yearbook also records the continuing growth of Pentecostal, historic African American and other non-mainline churches in the U.S. Among the largest 25 churches in the U.S., the fastest growing are the Assemblies of God (increasing 1.81 Tagged by rtatum under BlogRodent, demographics, statistics, religion, christianity, survey, north-america, pentecostal, charismatic, church-growth,

Spirit and Power, a 10 Country Survey of Pentecostals - Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life

rtatum — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 03:28:00 -0400

Interesting survey of Pentecostals, Charismatics, and Renewalists. It's hefty, but the executive summary, at least, is worth the read. I plan to blog it at some point after I've read the whole thing. Tagged by rtatum under BlogRodent, pentecostals, charismatics, renewal, religion, christianity, evangelical, survey, demographics, pew-forum,

Today’s Youth Need Our Help To Go … Beyond Belief

rtatum — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 03:28:00 -0400

Beliefs have consequences: "The way teens behave comes from something. Their attitudes and actions spring from their value system, and their value system is based on what they believe. Glen Schultz puts it this way: 'At the foundation of a person’s life Tagged by rtatum under BlogRodent, values, belief, Enrichment-Journal, demographics, survey, teens, faith, religion, christianity, evangelical, youth, morality,

Pentecostals enjoy Christian books and music

rtatum — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 03:28:00 -0400

From the page: "Attendees of Pentecostal or charismatic congregations are more likely than other Christians to read religious-based fiction and magazines as well as listen to Christian radio and music, according to a study by Ellison Research." Tagged by rtatum under BlogRodent, pentecostal, pentecostalism, assemblies-of-god, assembly-of-god, books, music, demographics, survey,

Apparently faith has consequences: "Is God dead in Europe?" from USATODAY.com

rtatum — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 03:28:00 -0400

Among the consequences of Europe's abandonment of its religious roots and the [resulting] moral code is a plunge in birth rates to below the replacement level. ... Europe is "committing demographic suicide, systematically depopulating itself." Tagged by rtatum under BlogRodent, Europe, religion, christianity, western-europe, muslim, moslem, birth-rates, evangelism, demographics, statistics, trends, population,

USA Today

rtatum — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 03:28:00 -0400

Interesting way to show each state's religious breakdown. Tagged by rtatum under BlogRodent, religion, Christianity, demographics, maps, USA, Evangelical, USAToday, atheism, culture, politics, statistics,

Examining Assemblies of God statistics on growth

rtatum — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 01:27:00 -0400

Prompted by MacNair’s post, I thought I’d look at what exactly has been happening with the Assemblies of God in raw numbers over the past few decades to see if either of these reforms have had an effect. For my numbers I relied on the 2004 statistics Tagged by rtatum under aog, assemblies-of-god, assembly-of-god, blogrodent, christianity, church-growth, demographics, evangelical, evangelism, george-barna, global-south, missions, pentecostal, rage-and-rants, religion, rich-tatum, statistics, thomas-trask,

Del.icio.us links for August 7, 2006

rtatum — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 01:27:00 -0400

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Half of all Christian men hooked on porn? Oh, come on...

rtatum — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 01:27:00 -0400

“The poll results indicate that 50% of all Christian men and 20% of all Christian women are addicted to pornography.” Tagged by rtatum under bad-statistics, Blogrodent, Christianity, demographics, Evangelical, integrity, integrity-on-the-internet, lust, Pentecostal, poll, porn, pornography, Rage-and-Rants, Religion, Rich-Tatum, sin, statistics, survey, values,

The A/G: Desperately Seeking Disciplers

rtatum — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 01:27:00 -0400

Now, eight months later, BING! Charles Crabtree, the assistant general superintendent of the Assemblies of God, has been appointed to a new position: the A/G’s discipleship czar or, rather, ”commissioner on Discipleship.” Tagged by rtatum under a-g, aog, assemblies-of-god, assembly-of-god, baptism, baptism-in-the-holy-spirit, blogrodent, charismatic, charles-crabtree, church-growth, conversions, demographics, discipleship, evangelism, general-council, pentecostal, religion, rich-tatum, spiritual-growth, statistics, water-baptism,

Del.icio.us links for September 21, 2006

rtatum — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 01:27:00 -0400

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Del.icio.us links for October 22, 2006

rtatum — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 01:27:00 -0400

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