Quick… what percent of the world is from Asia? If we had a random sample of the people in the world how many would be Christian? Muslim? Buddhist?  Check the charts below or see 100people.org. If the world were 100 people (100people.org) Geography 60 would be from Asia 15 would

Patchwork Nation is a demographic/geographic breakdown of the nation into 12 different kinds of community. Using counties as our building blocks we have identified different kinds of places – everything from rural agricultural Tractor Country to the wealthy suburban Monied Burbs – whi

How America Gives,  Exploring philanthropy in your state, city, and neighborhood Wasn’t going to say anything, but did you notice that the Dutch counties give the most?   Cool site showing map of current wind speeds and directions across the country   Where Do You Fit?

Our church planting network is prioritizing eleven counties that have: Growing cities over 10,000 A growing population of over 40,000 in the county Has a university or college The map below shows our progress and plans:   Any input? Which are the priority cities in Iowa? See also

Here is how it works. Go to the site. See the map of the US and click on any county. See where people have move from and move to. Close to 40 million Americans move from one home to another every year. Click anywhere on the map below: blue counties send more migrants to the selected c

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Observations: 1. Look at China and praise God for the progress there. 2. Look at India and pray for the advancement of the Gospel. India has a huge unreached population and needs many approaches because of the diversity of languages. If you don’t know where to start to get invol

Colors are only to separate countries and regions.

Iowa’s Growing Cities Cornerstone Network is in three of the six large, growing cities, Ames, West Des Moines (Waukee), and Iowa City. Other three are Council Bluffs, Davenport, and Cedar Rapids.

From Christianity Today, February 16, 2010 Restrictions on Religion, Religious Persecution, Religious Political Pressure, Social Hostilities    

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Observations: Dallas County and Johnson County are the fastest growing counties. They were the locations of the last two churches Cornerstone Church of Ames helped to start. The next two are Polk County and Warren County.  The strategy input here is to consider church planting sites b

To download pdf, click here. Observations: Africa has been transformed in the last century by the switch from primarily ethnoreligionist to Christian. The percentage of those who claim a specific faith has drastically declined over the last 100 years. The percentage of the total popul

View Report: Status of Global Mission, 2010, in Context of 20th and 21st Centuries Observations: While the total population is grew at a rate of 1.21% each year this last decade, the urban population grew at a rate almost five times as the rural rate.  This includes growth rates among