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How do you put a face on a starving soul? It is easy for us to see the hungry mouths that need to be fed, but how do you recognize spiritual starvation? Can your children talk about their faith to their friends? Can your teens stand their ground when faced with temptation from their peers? Are the marriages around you healthy or about to fall apart?

CHILDHOOD

An estimated 905,000 children were victims of maltreatment
Nearly 3.6 million children received a CPS investigation or assessment

(US Department of Health & Human Services, 2006 Child Maltreatment Annual Report)

In 2007, there were 73.9 million children in the United States. This is projected to increase to 80 million in 2020.
In 2007, children made up 25 percent of the population, down from a peak of 36 percent at the end of the "baby boom" (1964).
In 2006, the adolescent birth rate was 22 births per 1,000 young women ages 15-17.
In 2006, children living in families with a female head with no husband present continued to experience a higher poverty rate (42 percent) than children living in married-couple families (8 percent).
In 2007, 3 percent of 8th-graders reported smoking cigarettes daily over the past 30 days, 7 percent of 10th-graders and 12 percent of 12-graders.
In 2007, 10 percent of 8th-graders reported heavy drinking, 22 percent of 10th-graders and 26 percent of 12-graders.
In 2007, 7 percent of 8th-graders, 17 percent of 10th-graders, and 22 percent of 12th-graders reported illicit drug use in the past 30 days.

(Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2008)

SINGLE ADULTS

In 2006, there were 51 births for every 1,000 unmarried women ages 15-44.
In 2006, 38 percent of all births were to unmarried women.
Among teenagers, the percentage rose from 62 to 92 percent for ages 15-17.

(Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2008)

CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE

Over the last several decades, marriage in our nation has declined, while cohabitation, divorce and unmarried childbearing have increased.
From 1970 to 1996, the marriage rate in the United States fell by a third, from 77 to 50 marriages per 1,000 unmarried women.
From 1960 to 1998, the number of unmarried, cohabiting couples increased nearly tenfold, from 439,000 to 4.2 million.
Divorce rates also increased from 9 to 23 per married couples from 1960 to 1980, before declining slightly and remaining steady at 20 per 1,000 through 1998.
Births to unmarried women increased from 11 to 33 percent of all births from 1970 to 1994, then leveled off through 1999.
Nationally, 1.3 million children are born out-of-wedlock each year.

(The data is for the year 2000. - Chicagoland Marriage Resource Center)

Nearly 70% of married men and 60% of married women have affairs.
In the US, less than half of couples who marry will stay married 15 years.
Every 10 to 13 seconds, another couple divorces.

(Holly Hein, Sexual Detours: Infidelity and Intimacy at the Crossroads, (c) 2000)

SENIOR ADULTS

In 2006, the oldest of the baby boomers, the generation born between 1946 and 1964, will turn 60 years old. Among the Americans celebrating their 60th will be our two more recent presidents, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton.

78.2 - Estimated number of baby boomers, as of July 1, 2005
7,918 - Number of people turning 60 each day in 2006, according to projections. That amounts to 330 every hour.
50.8% - Percentage of women baby boomers in 2005
57.8 million - Number of baby boomers living in 2030, according to projections; 54.9 percent would be female. That year, boomers would be between ages 66 and 84.

(US Census Bureau's Public Information Office)

Church Education Ministries wants to continue partnering with you and the discipleship ministries of your local church. Your support of Church Education Ministries enables the IPHC to equip and empower believers to meaningfully and creatively engage and encounter our culture with the Christ of the Gospels. Help CEM rewrite these statistics and the future of the Church in America.

Last update on 5/11/2010
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How do you put a face on a starving soul? It is easy for us to see the hungry mouths that need to be fed, but how do you recognize spiritual starvation? Can your children talk about their faith to their friends? Can your teens stand their ground when faced with temptation from their peers? Are the marriages around you healthy or about to fall apart?

CHILDHOOD

An estimated 905,000 children were victims of maltreatment
Nearly 3.6 million children received a CPS investigation or assessment

(US Department of Health & Human Services, 2006 Child Maltreatment Annual Report)

In 2007, there were 73.9 million children in the United States. This is projected to increase to 80 million in 2020.
In 2007, children made up 25 percent of the population, down from a peak of 36 percent at the end of the "baby boom" (1964).
In 2006, the adolescent birth rate was 22 births per 1,000 young women ages 15-17.
In 2006, children living in families with a female head with no husband present continued to experience a higher poverty rate (42 percent) than children living in married-couple families (8 percent).
In 2007, 3 percent of 8th-graders reported smoking cigarettes daily over the past 30 days, 7 percent of 10th-graders and 12 percent of 12-graders.
In 2007, 10 percent of 8th-graders reported heavy drinking, 22 percent of 10th-graders and 26 percent of 12-graders.
In 2007, 7 percent of 8th-graders, 17 percent of 10th-graders, and 22 percent of 12th-graders reported illicit drug use in the past 30 days.

(Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2008)

SINGLE ADULTS

In 2006, there were 51 births for every 1,000 unmarried women ages 15-44.
In 2006, 38 percent of all births were to unmarried women.
Among teenagers, the percentage rose from 62 to 92 percent for ages 15-17.

(Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2008)

CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE

Over the last several decades, marriage in our nation has declined, while cohabitation, divorce and unmarried childbearing have increased.
From 1970 to 1996, the marriage rate in the United States fell by a third, from 77 to 50 marriages per 1,000 unmarried women.
From 1960 to 1998, the number of unmarried, cohabiting couples increased nearly tenfold, from 439,000 to 4.2 million.
Divorce rates also increased from 9 to 23 per married couples from 1960 to 1980, before declining slightly and remaining steady at 20 per 1,000 through 1998.
Births to unmarried women increased from 11 to 33 percent of all births from 1970 to 1994, then leveled off through 1999.
Nationally, 1.3 million children are born out-of-wedlock each year.

(The data is for the year 2000. - Chicagoland Marriage Resource Center)

Nearly 70% of married men and 60% of married women have affairs.
In the US, less than half of couples who marry will stay married 15 years.
Every 10 to 13 seconds, another couple divorces.

SENIOR ADULTS

In 2006, the oldest of the baby boomers, the generation born between 1946 and 1964, will turn 60 years old. Among the Americans celebrating their 60th will be our two more recent presidents, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton.

78.2 - Estimated number of baby boomers, as of July 1, 2005
7,918 - Number of people turning 60 each day in 2006, according to projections. That amounts to 330 every hour.
50.8% - Percentage of women baby boomers in 2005
57.8 million - Number of baby boomers living in 2030, according to projections; 54.9 percent would be female. That year, boomers would be between ages 66 and 84.

(US Census Bureau's Public Information Office)

Church Education Ministries wants to continue partnering with you and the discipleship ministries of your local church. Your support of Church Education Ministries enables the IPHC to equip and empower believers to meaningfully and creatively engage and encounter our culture with the Christ of the Gospels. Help CEM rewrite these statistics and the future of the Church in America.