Staying I Help Fight Hunger


n 2009, Southern Baptist hunger ministries fed more than 5 million meals to the hungry in North America. And more than 36,000 professions of faith were reported as a result of these hunger ministries.


Southern Baptist hunger ministries across North America continue to face an increased number of requests for food. You can help by giving to the Domestic Hunger Fund. Visit www.namb.net/hunger to fi nd out how you and your church can make a difference by providing even the most basic of needs.


Source: NAMB.net/hunger


Connected


More than 22% of all time spent on the Internet each month is devoted to staying connected through vari- ous social networking sites. Average Web users combined spend up to 110 billion minutes each month on social sites like Facebook or Twitter as well as in online blog communities.


Source: New York Times, June 16, 2010


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Love the One You’re With


Source: Time, February 22, 2010 American Diversity


The culture of our communities and congrega- tions is rapidly becoming more diverse. During the last decade, 83% of U.S. population growth came from nonwhites, the U.S. Census Bureau reports. Nearly 1 out of 4 Americans under 18 has at least one immigrant parent.


Source: The Washington Post and The Week, May 21, 2010


Read All About It Source: Christianity Today Wired Living T New Faces, New Places


he nation’s minority population is steadily increasing and now makes up 35% of the United States. New census estimates show minorities added 2% in 2009 to 107.2 million people, boosted by a surge in Hispanic births and more people who identify themselves as multiracial. Cur- rently four states—Hawaii, New Mexico, California and Texas—as well as the District of Columbia have minority populations that exceed 50%. The faces in your community may already be changing; if not, they will be soon. Consider what your church can do to reach out to new people groups within your community (churchplantingvillage.net/portraits).


Source: www.foxnews.com ON MISSION • Fall 2010 9


68% of people, in a 15-country survey, said that given a do over they would marry the same person.


Christian-based materials are rapidly becom- ing more available in print around the world. There are currently 6 million books about Christianity in print today, not including the Bible, of which about 83 million are distributed globally each year.


The average American family will spend nearly $1,000 this year on cable television, Inter- net and videos games, up from $700 in 2004. When annual cell phone charges of close to $1,000 are added in, the average family now spends as much each year to stay wired as it does on gasoline.


Source: New York Times and The Week, February 19, 2010


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