1. Church attendance is the number one predictor of marital stability (Journal of Marriage and the Family).
2. Attending church is helpful in the prevention of cancer, heart disease and mental illness (National Institute of Healthcare Research of America).
3. Teens who attend church are four times less likely to commit suicide (Journal of Chronic Disease).
4. Church attendees stay half as long in hospital stays (Duke University).
5. There is lower blood pressure among men who attend church verse those not (Duke University).
6. People attending church report a 50% higher weekly average family income (UCLA School of
Medicine).
7. Church-goers have fewer heart attacks than non-church goers (National Institute of Mental Health).
8. Those who attend Church in their youth have about $11,000.00 more in yearly income by their early thirties (UCLA School of Medicine).
9. Cities with high church attendance have the lowest crime rates (Crimes, Values, and Religion).
10. People attending church are physically healthier and less depressed (American Medical News).
11. Alcohol abuse is 300% less for those who attend church (UCLA School of Medicine).
12. Church attendance moves underprivileged out of poverty and into the middle class (The Impact of Religious practice on social stability).
13. There is an additional average life expectancy of seven tears (Demographic, May 1999).
14. Those attending church are more likely to remain married and have a better sex-life (National Institute of Mental Health). 15. Those attending church are five times less likely to require antibiotics (Southern Medical Journal).