Religious Trends In Millions Religious Resources Brazil United

Religious Trends (In Millions)

Religious Resources • Brazil • United States • Christians— 170 Million • Christians 192 million • Income per capita $3, 640 • Christian Service Agencies • 250 • • Has twice as many Catholics as the U. S. but only half as many parishes • Has 1/6 the number of priests per Catholic citizen Income Per Capita $26, 980 Christian Service Agencies 2, 300 U. S. Missionaries in Brazil 1, 200 U. S. Churches Take in Roughly 9 times what Brazilian churches take in

Pentecostals/Charismatics/Neo. Charismatics (In Millions)

Full Time U. S. Missionaries (Thousands)

U. S. Mission Activity • In 2001 • 42, 787 U. S. Citizens overseas as full time missionaries • 65, 000 Non U. S. Citizens working full time for U. S. Mission Agencies • 350, 000 U. S. Citizens were overseas mission volunteers for over two weeks • Perhaps 1 million U. S. citizens serve as mission volunteers overseas for less than two weeks

Christian Broadcasting

Christian Broadcasting Network • • Founded by Pat Robertson Flagship show The 700 Club Total Assets 252 million dollars Annual Contributions (2005) 457 million dollars • Broadcast in 66 countries (late 1980 s) • Supports “Operation Blessing” • Since 1978 Operation Blessing has distributed aid in 105 Countries

Campus Crusade for Christ • 2005 Budget 454 million dollars (Roughly 150 million is for overseas Mission activity) • • • Active in 191 countries (especially ex-Soviet) 1, 000 Workers Overseas Distributed Film “The Jesus Project” 1979 -2005 – – 42 million video cassettes 13 million audio cassettes 6 billion viewers* 200 million “decisions for Christ”*