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Oldest & Youngest Fastest-Growing Churches in America

Posted in Church, Statistics on November 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Outreach magazine has released the 2011 list of the 100 Fastest-Growing Churches in America.  Since defining growth can be interpreted by number as well as percentage, the fastest-growing churches list takes in to account both. It is the fairest algorithm, but it makes for a hodge podge of churches. I find the fastest-growing churches list most [...]

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Youth Culture Links

Posted in Children's and Youth Work, Society, Statistics, Technical/Gadgets on October 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Some useful blog posts and news articles for those interested in youth culture: Facebook is expanding yet again: as part of its ongoing effort to stay ahead of Google+. This time, the site will unveil “read,” “listen,” “watch,” and “want” buttons on the wall along with the “like” button. We imagine Millennials will “like” these [...]

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UK university applicants drop by 12%

Posted in Education, News, Schools work, Statistics on October 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

UCAS has published the number of applications received by universities by 15 October, the deadline for Oxford, Cambridge and courses in medicine, dentistry and veterinary medicine, and are an early indication of the total across all courses this year. Candidates for other universities have until 15 January to apply, but there has been a trend for [...]

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Youth Culture Links

Posted in Children's and Youth Work, News, Society, Statistics, The web, YouTube on October 19, 2011 | 3 Comments »

Some useful blog posts and news articles for those interested in youth culture: Demographics are drastically changing for youth in the U.S.: since there are more minority babies than White babies being born for the first time ever.  According to the Census Bureau, non-Hispanic Whites make up just under half of all children three-years-old. Parents may want to [...]

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Education and schools work update

Posted in Education, Policy, Politics, Schools work, Statistics on May 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Headlines from the world of education and schools work: Church of England to reduce school places for Christians: The Church of England is planning to put a strict limit on the number of places reserved for pupils from Christian families as part of the biggest shake-up of faith schools’ admissions policies for decades. School chaos [...]

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Education and schools work update

Posted in Education, News, Politics, Schools work, Statistics on April 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Headlines from the world of education and schools work: Schools ‘inflating GCSE results with easy courses’: The extent to which schools are inflating their results with “easier” vocational qualifications is laid bare in damning new figures. We must teach our children to love books again: The love of reading is being stifled by a constricted [...]

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Youth Ministry Links

Posted in Children's and Youth Work, Statistics on April 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Some links from the world of youth work and youth ministry: Facebook Bans 20,000 Underage Users A Day: you need to be 13 years or older to join facebook, but many lie about their age to join, as a result, the social network bans some 20,000 underage users off the site daily. Online Abbreviations make [...]

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Britain is still a nominally Christian country

Posted in Church, Society, Statistics on March 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Britain is still a nominally Christian country, poll of more than 2,000 adults finds, 56% of people said they were Christian.  Thirty-five per cent of the population said they had no faith, while 8% said they were of another faith. The poll was conducted by ComRes on behalf of Premier Media Group to coincide with [...]

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‘Extinction threat’ to religion

Posted in Church, Society, Statistics on March 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

There’s been a lot in the news today about a study which suggests that religion maybe eventually set for extinction.  The study was based on census data from nine countries and, unsurprisingly, finds a steady rise in those claiming no religious affiliation. The result, reported at the American Physical Society meeting in Dallas, US, indicates [...]

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Blogs lose to Twitter with teenagers

Posted in Statistics, Technical/Gadgets, The web on March 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

“Blogs were once the outlet of choice for people who wanted to express themselves online. But with the rise of sites like Facebook and Twitter, they are losing their allure for many people — particularly the younger generation.” Check out the rest of the article from the New York Times.

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