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| Even if you, your friends or your family
members are not believers, there is value in going to church.
Want to live longer? Go to church. Want a more
satisfying sex life? Go to church. Here are some
facts that are reason enough to get up on Sunday mornings and
get to church. |
- Church attendance is the number one predictor of marital
stability.
- (Journal of Marriage and the Family, 40)
- Attending church is helpful in the prevention of cancer,
heart disease, and mental illness.
- (National Institute of Healthcare Research in
America, June 2000)
- Teens who attend church are four times less likely to
commit suicide.
- (Journal of Chronic Disease, 25)
- People who attend church are more likely to remain
married and have a better sex life.
- (David Larson, National Institute of Mental Health)
- Church attendees stay half as long during hospital
stays.
- Those attending church are five times less likely to
require antibiotics.
- (Southern Medical Journal, July 1998)
- There is lower blood pressure among men who attend
church versus those who do not.
- There is an additional average life expectancy of seven
years for church attendees.
- People attending church report a 50% higher weekly
average family income.
- (UCLA School of Medicine)
- Those who attend religious services in their youth have
about $11,000 more in yearly income by their early 30's.
- (UCLA School of Medicine)
- Cities with high church attendance have the lowest crime
rates.
- (Crime, Values and Religion, 1987)
- People attending church are physically healthier and
less depressed.
- (The American Medical News, March, 4th 1996)
- Alcohol abuse is 300% less for those who attend church.
- (UCLA School of Medicine)
- Church attendance moves the underprivileged out of
poverty and into the middle class.
- (Why Religion Matters: The Impact of Religious
Practice on Social Stability. The Heritage
Foundation)
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