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Giving

1,238,201: Nonprofit charities and foundations in the U.S., as of 2009.

654,186: Nonprofit charities and foundations in 1996.

Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy/Internal Revenue Service

Evangelism

Protestant churches that participated in some way in a church plant in the past 12 months.

28%

Protestant churches that served as the primary (financial) sponsor of a church plant.

3%

Source: LifeWay Research

Church Life

6: More times per year that the average American woman attends church than the average American man.

10: More times per year that women attended church than men in 1972.

Source: Sociology of Religion

Education

9,734: Enrollment at evangelical seminaries' satellite or extension campuses.

+28.1%: Change since 2000.

-11.7%: Change since 2007.

Association of Theological Schools/Christian Century

Missions

20%: Protestant churches that sent out long-term missionaries in the last 12 months.

50%: Protestant churches that conducted one or more short-term mission in the past 12 months.

Lifeway Research

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