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| The UK Census results for 2001, published last week, show that Britain still claims to be a Christian country. The majority of people - 72 per cent - claimed that their religion was Christian. Islam came second, with nearly three per cent of the population in England and Wales, or 1.6 million adherents. Of the four nations constituting the UK, Northern Ireland had the highest proportion of people identifying with any religion at 86 per cent, while Scotland had the lowest at 67 per cent, with 42 per cent of the population claiming to be Church of Scotland. |
| Baptist Times - February 20th, 2003 |
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| Out of a population of 67.2 million, almost half - some 28 million, live in deep and long term poverty. Ethiopia's poor are vulnerable to drought, acute malnutrition and even starvation. |
| Christian Herald - March 1st, 2003 |
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| In the past 3,500 years of world history, fewer than 300 years have been free from war, yet mankind claims to long for peace. |
| Salvationist - March 1st, 2003 |
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| Today, only around 7.5 per cent of British people go to church once a month or more. That's down from 9.5 per cent in 1990, and 10.9 per cent in 1980. This may be bad news for the church, but it is a tragedy for the people who don't know Jesus. The key issue is not the survival of an historic institution, but the eternal destiny and present wellbeing of 59 million people. |
| Idea - March/April 2003 |
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| Despite what Margaret Thatcher once famously said, there is such a thing as society, but you need the right products and logos to belong. Logos are the idols of our time. They rule our hearts, but they do not satisfy them. |
| Idea - March/April 2003 |
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| The 4.5 million people who attend church are probably connected to over 90 per cent of the population of the UK. |
| Idea - March/April 2003 |
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| Suddenly 7.5 per cent of the population going to church represents an enormous resource: that's one person in 13. |
| Idea - March/April 2003 |
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| Calvin Young of Aston Christian Centre, who also speaks for the Birmingham-based Council of Black Led Churches, said, "We're calling for a truce with gang members, we are saying to you to put down your guns." Ms Dynamitem who supports this view, added, "We need miracles to change things. It is going to take action from people in power and a miracle." |
| Joy - Issue 102 - March, 2003 |
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| In the sleeve notes of his album, Daniel Bedingfield says, "We habit a dark universe" but "I point with broken fingers towards the only safety I know - greater love hath no man than He." |
| Joy - Issue 102 - March, 2003 |
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| Us Director for International Friends of Compassion, Carl Cady, explains that 80% of Indonesia's 212-million-strong population is Muslim, nut only about 70 million are registered at local mosques while 100 million are 'casual' Muslims who have little devotion to Islam. |
| Joy - Issue 102 - March, 2003 |
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| A third of teenagers say that they will not get married, claiming that it makes better financial snse to co-habit, a survey from Premier Christian Radio has discovered. Only 58 per cent of the teenagers from the south of England said that they would get married, while 31 per cent said that they didn't think that they ever would, and a further 11 per cent were not sure. |
| The Church of England Newspaper - No. 5653 - February 13th, 2003 |
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| The Department of Health has launched a new campaign to raise awareness of issue of the need for good mental health among young people. Their survey revealed that 86 per cent of the 15-21-year-olds questioned knew someone who had experienced a mental health problem, and just under half knew someone who had harmed himself. Some 68 per cent knoew someone who has suffered depression and 17 per cent said they knew someone who hd experienced schizophrenia. |
| The Church of England Newspaper - No. 5653 - February 13th, 2003 |
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| In African countries like Botswana 39 per cent of the population is HIV-positive. According ro Professor Nicholas Eberstadt, China is likely to have 19 million deaths before 2025 if the most optimistic projection is adopted. On the most pessimistic projection, the figure rises to 58 million. |
| The Church of England Newspaper - No. 5653 - February 13th, 2003 |
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| There is an increasing recognition that true wealth comes from the spiritual as much as material resources. Research tells us that 27 per cent of UK adults claim to have successfully changed their spiritual life and a further 20 per cent would like to. |
| The Church of England Newspaper - No. 5653 - February 13th, 2003 |
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| There may be 99 young people who are satisfied with the education system as it is, but for the other one (or more than one as the figure is higher than one per cent) there needs to be change." |
| Geoff Lawson - The Church of England Newspaper - No. 5653 - February 13th, 2003 |
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