Random Statistics (Religion)

Spiritual Gifts People claim to have:


Most Common:

teaching (9%)
service (8%)
faith (7%)
encouragement (4%)
healing (4%)
knowledge (4%)
tongues (3%)
leadership(2%)

in Evangelicals:

teaching (28%)
service (12%)
encouragement (10%)
administration (7%)

in non-evangelical:

faith (10%)
hospitality (3%)

do not know their gift (15%)
those who say they don’t have one (28%)
those who claimed gifts that are not biblical (20%)


In 2006 48% of all adults agreed strongly that the Bible is totally accurate in all of its teachings compared with 42% in 2002 and 35% in 1991.

12% of born again Christians disagree that "the Bible is totally accurate in all of its teachings." (2006)

A majority of both women (74%) and men (62%) believe that the Bible is totally accurate in all of its teachings. (2006)

71% of those who attended high school or less believe that the Bible is totally accurate in all of its teachings compared with 52% of those who have graduated from college. (2006)

59% of adults living in the South strongly affirm that the bible is accurate in all of its teachings versus 50% of those in the Midwest, 42% in the West and 37% in the Northeast. (2006)

Blacks (82%) are the group most likely to believe that the Bible is totally accurate in all of its teachings compared with 68% of whites, 62% of Hispanics, and 39% of Asians. (2006)


A strong majority of Republicans (78%) believe that the bible is totally accurate in all of its teachings, while 69% of Democrats believe in the bible's accuracy. (2006)


Bible Reading During A Typical Week By Year 1988- 36%; 1991- 45%; 1992- 47%; 1993- 34%; 1994- 37%; 1995-31% ; 1996 34% 1997-36%; 1999- 34%; 2000- 40%; 2001 - 37% 2002-42%; 2004-44%; 2005-45%; 2006-47%

96% of evangelical Christians have read the Bible in the past seven days. (2006)

Women (51%) are more likely than are men (42%) to have read the Bible in the past week. (2006) Women 2004-49%; 2002-46%; 2000- 46%; 1997-38%; 1993-40%; Men 2004-38%; 2002-37%; 2000-35%; 1997-34%; 1993-28%

Nearly seven out of ten born again Christians (67%) have read the Bible in the past week, compared to 35% of those who adhere to a non-Christian faith. (2006)


62% of Protestants have read the Bible in the past week versus 28% of Catholics (29%) (2006)

Blacks (66%) are the ethnic group most likely to have read the Bible in the past week, follwed by whites (45%), Hispanics (41%) and Asians (20%). (2006)

Bible reading by adults during the week by region-Northeast 38%; West 42%; Midwest 45%; South 57%. (2006)

The percent of adults in California, Oregon, and Washington that read the Bible during the past week (other than while at church), has risen from 29% in 1994 to 42% in 2006.


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