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The television programme "What the world thinks of God" that was screened on BBC2 in late February found that Britain is one of the most secular nations around. The ICM poll of people in the USA, UK, Israel, India, South Korea, Indonesia, Nigeria, Russia, Mexico and Lebanon, showed that only 46 per cent of respondents in the UK have always believed in God. This was 27 per cent less than the average. Only Russia (42 per cent) and South Korea (28 per cent) were lower. Furthermore, only 52 per cent in the UK believed a God created the universe compared to 85 per cent in the USA and 99 per cent in Indonesia, The highest levels of belief were in poorer nations. However, the USA (the richest nation), has a very high level of belief. Also in post-September 11 Britain, almost a third (29 per cent) of people believed that the world would be a more peaceful place without belief in God, but very few other countries agreed. With the possible connections to extreme Muslin groups of the bomb attacks in Madrid on March 10, this anti-God figure in Britain may have increased. The average level of attendance at organised religious services was 46 per cent while in the UK the figure was only 21 per cent, the second lowest behind Russia at 7 per cent. It is interesting that although 25 per cent of people in the UK said they never pray, the programme said that nearly 30 per cent of atheists polled admitted they prayed sometimes.
Religion/Spirituality	Now - April 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. Most have e-mail addresses and websites and there is a higher percentage with full-time staff, up from 79 per cent in 2001 to 81 per cent in 2003. The number of people employed in Christian organisations has also risen, from 77,500 to 82,100 over the same period. The figures stand against the background of a continuing drop in UK church membership and attendance, from 4,379,900 in 2000 to a projected 4,016,400 in 2005, seven per cent of the population.
Religion/Spirituality	Baptist Times - March 25th 2004



National Census last year revealed that 75 per cent of British people described themselves as Christians.
Religion/Spirituality	The Church of England Newspaper - 19th February 2004



The Alpha course has now taken off all over the world. There are now 28,000 courses worldwide in 143 countries, including of course here in Uganda. Eighty per cent of the prisons in the UK are running Alpha, and thousands of people worldwide are discovering the wonder of forgiveness, the joy, the peace of knowing Jesus.
Religion/Spirituality	The Church of England Newspaper - 19th February 2004



The EU is already the largest population block after China (1,273 million) and India (1,029 million). There's a huge amount of at least nominal Christianity in Europe, which will grow as the European Union gets larger.
Religion/Spirituality	The Church of England Newspaper - 19th February 2004



Growing numbers of Kenya's Muslims (only 8 per cent of the population) have been radicalised by events in the Middle East.
Religion/Spirituality	Now - March 2004



The survey says that in most of the countries taking part, more than 80 per cent of people believed in God or in a higher power. That figure was an awesome 100 per cent in Nigeria and 91 per cent in the US. The UK had that lowest score at 67 per cent. In Nigeria 91 per cent regularly attended a religious service, compared to 31 per cent in the UK.
Religion/Spirituality	The War Cry - 6th March 2004



Greece has around eleven million inhabitants, of whom (it is estimated) just 21,000 of the population understand that spiritual salvation comes only by grace through faith in Christ.
Religion/Spirituality	Joy Magazine, March 2004.



A report on the BBC teletext news says that a survey of people's religious beliefs across ten countries suggests that the UK is one of the most secular nations in the world. Research company ICM surveyed ten thousand people in ten countries, for the BBC's series 'What the World thinks of God'. More than a quarter of the Britons surveyed thought the world would be more peaceful if nobody beleived in God. However, very few people in other countries agree. The survey apparently found the highest level of belief in some of the poorer countries, and also in the USA- the richest country in the world.
Religion/Spirituality	news.bbc.co.uk



At Festival Manchester last year there were six days celebration of 'faith, hope and life' as it came to a grand fanale the crowd was estimated by police at 30,000. 5,000 volunteer/ Delegates throughout the UK and Europe worked on over 300 service projects in some of the city's most deprived areas. Over four days, some 75,000 hours of work contributed to the clean-up, repair and upgrading of public and private facilities opn dozens of estates. On the final weekend, volunteers joined an estimated two day crowd of 55,000 who came to the park to enjoy major christian music artists and a varity of festival activities. It will leave a mark on the city as over 1,500 new believers made decisions for Christ during the week.
Religion/Spirituality	The Walk Issue six.



'70 per cent of people in Britain call themselves Christian and say they believe in God'.
Religion/Spirituality	Idea - March/April 2004



Only 28 per cent of Britons pray regularly compared to two thirds of Americans and 95 per cent of Nigerians saying their daily prayers, according to a BBC poll. Just 21 per cent of Britons said they regularly attend organised religious services, less than half in the international average for such attendance. Apart from British attendance being 70 per cent lower than that in Nigeria, where nine out of 10 people take part in an organised religious service, 16 per cent of Britons "feel negative" towards God. South Korea is the only other country where more than 10 per cent of the population confessed such a feeling. On average, 92 per cent of people questionned in the survey, carried out for the BBC in December last year and January this year in 10 countries across Asia, the Middle East, North America, Africa and Europe, said they feel positive about God. Although the UK is a consistent low-scorer on "belief in God or Higher powers" compared to countries like the USA, Indonesia and India, nearly 20 per cent of Britons said they "would die for their beliefs". The survey reveals striking evangelistic inclination among Americans with nearly 60 per cent claiming "someone outside their family" encouraged them to believe in God. On average internationally, just over 20 per cent got extra-familial encouragement towards faith in God. Evangelistic efforts in the US are only rivalled by the 46 per cent of South Koreans saying "outsiders pointed them to God". But South Korea fills the bottom spot in inter-familial encouragement towards faith in God and a striking 84 per cent of South Koreans see religion as a "crutch for the weak minded". The intensity of commitment to faith peaked in countries like Nigeria and Indonesia where respectively 95 and 90 per cent of believers declared the willingness to "die for their God (Beliefs)".
Religion/Spirituality	The Church of England Newspaper - February 26th 2004



Soul in the City will take place in London this year four years after its Manchester predecessor mobilised 11,000 young people to do community work in the city of Manchester for 10 days. The Archbishop of Canterbury as well as the Prime Minister and the leader of the Conservative Party have voiced strong support for Soul in the City, which calls on Christians from across the country to team up with local churches in an attempt to transform London communities, between July 26-August 5 with the help of more than 15,000 young people from across the UK.
Religion/Spirituality	The Church of England Newspaper - February 26th 2004



Between 1990 and 2000, the number of people getting married fell by nearly a quarter, from 331,150 to 267,961 and the proportion choosing a church wedding has continued to fall. Over half of those questioned had picked 1 Corinthians 13 (Love is....) as their reading, with Proverbs 31 (The wife of noble character) coming second. Yet, five per cent of women are still agreeing to the traditional reading from Ephesians 5 (wives submit to your husbands).
Religion/Spirituality	The Church of England Newspaper - February 26th 2004



Over half of the 235 participants that took part in a Premier Radio survey during National Marriage Week had the Bible passage on love from 1 Corinthians 13 read at their weddings. "We were amazed to see that so many people choose the same reading for their wedding", said Premier Radio's Martin Saunders.
Religion/Spirituality	Baptist Times - February 26th 2004

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