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| The second largest faith in England and Wales is Islam, to which 3% (more than 1.5 million) said they belonged, followed by Hinduism, Sikhism, Judaism and Buddhism. |
| Christianity + Renewal - April 2003 |
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| About 15% of people (7.7 million) declared they had no religion, and 8% (4 million) declined to answer the question on the census form. |
| Christianity + Renewal - April 2003 |
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| The 24 million Iraqi population have faced great deprivation under Saddam Hussein; over half the population is under 14 and one in 4 is chronically malnourished, 60% of families are dependent on monthly food rations. |
| Christianity + Renewal - April 2003 |
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| When playwright Vaclav Havel was elected as the first President of post-communist Cazechoslovakia, he spoke openly of the need for personal transformation as a means of global change. "What could change the direction of today's civilisation?" he asked. "It is my deep conviction that the only option is a change in the sphere of the spirit, in the sphere of human conscience. It's not enough to invent new machines, new regulations, new institutions. We must develop a new understanding of the true purpose of our existence on earth. Only by making such a fundamental shift will we be able to create new models of behaviour and a new set of values for the planet. |
| Christianity + Renewal - April 2003 |
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| Mahatma Ghandi said, "Those who say that religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion means." |
| Christianity + Renewal - April 2003 |
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| Martin Sheen, actor and campaigner who plays the American President in "The West Wing" said "We're addicted to war. That's what we do best...I'm just appalled, and I'm horribly depressed by what we're faced with. We're going to pay dearly for it, with our humanity and with our conscience. |
| Christianity + Renewal - April 2003 |
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| So it's official. People don't like evangelical Christians. According to indefatigable researcher George Barna, public surveys across America reveal that evangelicals are 5% more popular than prostitutes. But of eleven groups surveyed, they came in at No. 10 - some distance behind lesbians and lawyers. |
| Christianity + Renewal - April 2003 |
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| The Sun is Britain's best selling daily [newspaper] by a long, long way, selling around 3.9 million copies a day. That's 1.5 million more than The Mirror and nearly twice as many as The Times, The Telegraph, The Guardian and The Independent put together. And that 3.9 million copies represents a daily readership of some 10 million people. The only newspaper that sells more is The News of the World at around 4.5 million. |
| Christianity + Renewal - April 2003 |
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| American network NBC has invested the GNP of a small country in ensuring that top-rated show Friends goes to a tenth series. Although contract details for Jennifer Aniston & Co. have not been released, they are likely to better those signed for series nine, which saw each of the six stars earn $1 million (£700,000) for each 30-minute episode they recorded. Bearing in mind that each Friends series is made up of 23 episodes that represents a total investment of around $138 million. |
| Youthwork Magazine - March 2003 |
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| The average person receives 9 negative comments for every one compliment. |
| Jam Magazine - Issue 03 |
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| It is estimated that one in five people living on the planet is a child at risk. UNICEF's annual report, The State of the World's Children 2003, states that 150 million children still suffer from malnutrition, 120 million school-age children are not in school, and 6,000 children and young people are infected with HIV everyday. |
| Baptist Times - June 5th, 2003 |
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| Abortion claims around 180,000 victims each year in the UK. In the region of 6,000,000 unborn babies have perished in this way since 1968. |
| Catholic South West - April, 2003 |
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| In spite of intense persecution, it is estimated that 20,000 people a day receive Christ as their Saviour in China. |
| Christianity Today - December 9th, 2003 |
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| Christ came to bring peace and we celebrate His coming by making peace impossible for 6 weeks each year...He came to help the poor and we heap gifts upon those who do not need them. |
| A. W. Tozer |
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| According to the Church Attendance Survey, published in 1999, and taken from data given by more than 10,000 churches in England, Sunday churchgoing nationally had fallen from 11.7 per cent of the population in 1979, to just 7.5 per cent in 1998. |
| Baptist Times - May 22nd, 2003 |
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