Key Quotes for 2004

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Last update: Wednesday 25th March




From 26th July to 6th August, 15,000 young Christians from the UK and overseas will take part in community projects, sports initiatives, concerts and other community events across Greater London, in conjunction with local partner churches.
Religion/Spirituality	Christian Herald - 20th March 2004



The social survey of 5,000 young people, commissioned by Bliss Magazine, found that 65 per cent think "there are too many abortions" and 66 per cent think "people have abortions too lightly.
Young People	Christian Herald - 20th March 2004



This month over 3,500 people have committed their lives to Christ at Impact World Tour's skating, blading, biking, motocross and dancing events in Tauranga and Hamilton.
Religion/Spirituality	Christian Herald - 20th March 2004



An estimated 97 per cent of Greece's 10 million people belong to the Orthodox Church.
Church	Christian Herald - 20th March 2004



30-40 per cent of Iraqis are jobless and there are frequent attacks against US troops and Iraqis involved in law enforcement.
Disasters/War	Christianity and Renewal - April 2004



Statistics about Pakistan, An area of 796,095 sq.km, A population of approx 157 million, Religion - Muslim 96.08 per cent (The Ahmadiyya are a sect of Islam that is not considered Muslim by the state. However, they are included in the Muslim percentages here). Christian - 2.31 per cent, Hindu - 1.5 per cent, Bahai - 0.06 per cent, Other - 0.03 per cent, Traditional ethnic - 0.02 per cent.
Religion/Spirituality	Christianity and Renewal - April 2004



An academic research project has trialled the use of visuals which trigger a verbal response from young people. Instead of traditionally religious images, the team discovered ambigious pictures were best at stimulating discussion about a range of topics including spirituality. The project met with 26 different groups of young people, aged mainly between 15 and 25, in colleges, universities and youth clubs across the country. All meetings were audio recorded analysed and qualitative results were examined. In total, 135 young people took part in the study. This sample reflected some of the main demographic characteristics of English youth. Nineteen groups were mixed gender, four were single-sex male and three single-sex female. The gender balance was almost half and half with 52 per cent female, 48 per cent male. Most were White (94 per cent), 6 per cent Black or Asian; 60 per cent defined themselves as non Christian, 40 per cent as Christian. The youngest person interviewed was 13 (seven 13 year olds in total). The oldest person was 30 (one only at this age). The model age was 17, with a mean of 18 years and 3 months. Four of the interview sites were among students in Higher Education and 14 sites were from youth and community work projects.
Young People	Youthwork - April 2004



Against the obvious backdrop of the grinding poverty in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the silent spectre of HIV/AIDS is no less devastating. 10 per cent of this population live with the terrible disease.
Health	Scottish Catholic Observer - 20th February 2004



The UN estimates that 73 per cent of people in the Congo are under-nourished, the highest proportion of any country in the world. One in five children under-five die before their fifth birthday, a figure that has not improved in a decade.
Health	Scottish Catholic Observer - 13th February 2004



Almost a quarter of NHS nurses are aged over 50 or over and the majority of them plan to retire before 60. The curent average age of a nurse is 41. Five years ago, it was 39, and 10 years age, 37. There is a 15-20 per cent drop-out rate from nurse-training courses and retention of qualified nursing staff is also poor.
Odd Facts	Baptist Times - 19th February 2004



7 per cent of people attend a weekly religious service, he pointed out that in the 2001 UK census 72 per cent of people called themselves Christian and only 3 per cent said they were atheists.
Church	Christian Herald - 21st February 2004



Churches in Bergen, Norway, had been involved in a number of evangelical projects over the years but, according to Noralf, none had really changed the city. They decided instead to pray for their communities - neighbours, friends and work colleagues. This idea slowly spread, and up to 70 per cent of citizens are now being prayed for by name.
Religion/Spirituality	Christian Herald - 21st February 2004



Currently 50 per cent of religious education is about Christianity. According to many people - that's just not enough.
Education	Christian Herald - 21st February 2004



To use mass media to reach children and young people. TWR's (Trans World Radios) research shows that in the un-reached parts of the world children make up more than 50 per cent of the population and find newer technologies much more appealing. Also using it to focus on illiteracy as almost 50 per cent of the world's population cannot read or write.
Young People	Christian Herald - 21st February 2004



More than 15,000 children in the UK, in their early teenage years, are being thrown out of home each year by their parents, research from the Children's Society has found. One in five of these children are physically or sexually assaulted once they have been forced onto the streets, and few parents ever bother to report their children as missing to the police. Children under 16 have limited access to emergency accommodation, leaving 18 per cent sleeping rough, according to the report, Thrown Away - young people forced to leave home.
Young People	The Church of England Newspaper - 25th March 2004

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