Religion
RELIGION charities promote and support particular religions and religious activity and worship. We defined two RELIGION Causes.
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Religious Activities (228) Religious Activities includes those charities supporting and promoting various faiths. |
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Religious Media and Broadcasting (130) Religious Media and Broadcasting includes organizations of all faiths that produce and distribute religious programming, literature, and other communications. |
Did you know?
- Despite an intense surge in religious activity and expression in the weeks immediately following 9/11 the faith of Americans today is virtually indistinguishable today compared to pre-attack conditions.
- Gifts to religious causes totaled $93.2 billion in 2005, almost 36 percent of all contributions.
- 31.2% of the U.S. population claims to pray more than once a day. Fifty-nine percent of respondents stated that they pray at least once a day.
- The oldest religious body in the world is the Ministry of Jesus, which was founded around 30 A.D.
- 122 million people attend religious services in the U.S. on a typical weekend.
- No pope has abdicated since the 15th century.
- More than 500 million pieces of Scripture are distributed annually.
- The three churches with the largest membership in the United States are the Catholic Church (67 million), Southern Baptist Convention (16 million) and the United Methodist Church (8 million).
- The best-selling book of all time is the Bible. Throughout the world, the Bible has sold over 6 billion copies, enough to give every person in the world one copy.
- The first U.S. citizen to become a saint was Mother Maria Frances Cabrini (1850-1917), in 1946. She was born in Italy.
