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Four out of five people in England and Wales express a religious affiliation, and 74 per cent describe themselves as Christian, according to the latest Home Office citizenship survey. The figure for the number of people identifing themselves as Christians is slightly up on the 71.1 per cent figure derived from the 2001 census. Two per cent of those surveyed described themselves as Muslim and similar number as Hindu. However, though the headline figure of 80 per cent may be impressive, only 20 per cent of respondents said that their religious belief was an important part of their identinty - and members of ethnic minority groups were more likely to answer yes to the question.
Religion/Spirituality	Reform - July / August 2004



Of the people who attended an open air Crusade in Kenya, 60 per cent claimed to be Christians with about 30 per cent being born again.
Religion/Spirituality	Unity - June 2004



Walsingham (about an hour's drive from Norwich and recently voted Britain's most spiritual place) is often described as off the beaten track but nevertheless manages to welcome around 45,000 pilgrim visitors a year. The village has been welcoming pilgrims since medieval times so we are not doing anything new! Now, seven years on, we welcome around 6,000 youngsters a year on school visits from Key Stage 1 upwards plus a further 1,000 a year who come on organised children's and youth pilgrimages with their parishes.
Religion/Spirituality	Act Now - Summer 2004



Albanian - Population 3m; 90 per cent live abroad. Economy: one of Europe's poorest countries. Income per person is two per cent of USA's. According to Operation World, 74 per cent of the population claim a faith in God, despite Albania's legacy of nearly 50 years of atheistic Marxism, which collapsed in 1991.
Religion/Spirituality	Idea - May/June 2004



A survey carried out in 2001, sought to discover whether religion was relevant in the lives of people in England and Wales. Of those questioned, 78 per cent said they have a religious affiliation. The largest number (74 per cent) described themselves as Christian, with Muslims (2 per cent) and Hindus (1 per cent) as the next largest groups.
Religion/Spirituality	The War Cry - 29th May 2004



Revealing figures, released by Caritas in Italy, show that 50.3 per cent of all migrants to Italy are Christian. There are today 2,547,736 officially registered migrants in the country; 1,281,489 are Christian, while 32.4 per cent are Muslim - a total of 824,342. This shows an increase of Christian migrants since 1991 from 44.6 per cent to 50.3 per cent, while the number of Muslim immigrants has decreased from 38 per cent to 32.4 per cent. The Christian migrants belong to the different Christian denomination, as follows: 25.5 per cent are Catholic (many from Poland and the Philippines); 18.5 per cent are Orthodox (mainly Romania, the Ukraine and Bulgaria); 4.5 per cent are Protestants.
Religion/Spirituality	The Universe - 30th May 2004



Spring Harvest, already described as the biggest Christian conference in Europe, attracts around 30,000 people of all ages to each of the two venues.
Religion/Spirituality	The Church of England Newspaper - 22nd April 2004



More than 2000 Passion of the Christ film-goers have sent response postcards to Christian Enquiry Agency (CEA), with further requests arriving every day.
Religion/Spirituality	Christian Herald - 15th May 2004



In 1986 an amendment to the 1927 multi-faith blasphemy law aimed at guaranteeing a general respect for all religious belief, ruled that blasphemy against the prophet Monhammed was a criminal offence and in 1990, the Federal Sharia Court ruled that the penalty for this offence would be death. In April 2000, General Pervaz Musharraf declared that his government was determined to stop the misuse of the blasphemy law and ordered that it be amended. Sadly he was forced to retract these amendments, only weeks later, under prerssure from extremists.
Religion/Spirituality	Just Right - Issue 10 2004



The Force is definitely out there - and it's a lot larger than most earthlings believed. According to figures just released from the 2001 Census, Jedi is now Scotland's fourth largest religion. In fact, there are more followers of the faith made famous in the Star Wars movies than Sikhs and Jews combined.
Religion/Spirituality	The Baptist Times - 29th April 2004



Islam and Hinduism are growing faster, but currently, just over 21 per cent of the world's population is Muslim, and 13.52 per cent are Hindu. While 60 per cent of the world's population has yet to have a copy of the Bible in its own language.
Religion/Spirituality	The Baptist Times - 29th April 2004



The latest statistics on religion in England and Wales, published this week by the Home Office, show that four out of five people have some religious affiliation. The figures based on the 2001 Citizenship Survey indicated that the largest number (74 per cent) describe themselves as Christians, while Muslims (two per cent) and Hindus (one per cent) were the largest of the remaining faith communities. The survey also showed that for minority ethnic groups, religion is an important part of their identity. Most respondents believed that the Government and employers were doing enough with regard to protecting religious rights and respecting religious customs. From the survey, 70 per cent of Hindu respondents, 62 per cent of Sikhs, 62 per cent of Muslims, but only 53 per cent of Christians thought that the Government was doing enough to protect the rights of minority groups.
Religion/Spirituality	The Baptist Times - 20th May 2004



Christian organisations in the UK are increasingly making use of the latest technological developments, according to the 2004/2005 edition of the UK Christian Handbook. 59% of agencies have a website (compared to 46% 2 years ago). 77% of agencies have an email address, compared with 67% 2 years ago. Hundreds have changed their email address and most now have an address related to the name of their organisation. The Handbook, which was launched at The London Book Fair, shows that between 2001 and 2003 370 new agencies started but 470 closed or merged. Interestingly the ones that close are most likely to have started between 20 and 40 years ago. Although there are slightly fewer organisations, there is a higher percentage with full-time staff, up from 79% in 2001 to 81% in 2003. This means a higher number of employees, up 6% from 77,500 in 2001 to 82,100 in 2003 - an average of 19 people in agencies which employ at least one person. More and more Christian organisations are registered with the Charity Commission. 20 years ago in 1982 only two-fifths, 41% were registered Charities, now it is three-fifths, 61%. What is the Christian organisation market worth? According to the income or turnover of those listed, and extrapolating for the half who don't give this figure, then in 2003 it was £2.3 billion. This figure is deceptive, however, as a very few organisations make up the bulk of it. Half of those in the Handbook have an income in five figures, that is, under £100,000, with a further fifth between £100,000 and £249,000 and another fifth between £250,000 and a million. Only 3.3% have a turnover over £2 million. The total income increased at almost twice the rate of inflation between 2001 and 2003, with income up 8.8% against inflation of 4.6%. Something seems to be going right in the Christian scene!
Religion/Spirituality	The UK Christian Handbook - 26th April 2004



Dr Stephen Unwin, who has calculated the chance of there being a God to be 67 per cent in his new book, The Probability of God: A Simple Calculation that Proves the Ultimate Truth, says he found the clarity that came from his research comforting and encouraging.
Religion/Spirituality	The Church of England Newspaper - 8th April 2004



Open Doors is celebrating a successful year. The charity delivered almost four million Bibles, Childrens Bibles and other Scriptural books to persecuted Christians worldwide in 2003, an increase of about 40 per cent over 2002.
Religion/Spirituality	Christian Herald - 10th April 2004

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