During the first six decades of the 20th century, more than 8 million black people moved out of the

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During the first six decades of the 20th century,
more than 8 million black people moved out of the
South, depleting its population percentage from
90 percent to 51 percent.
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• By 1980, 85 percent of black people lived in
  urban areas, making them the most highly
  urbanized population, and 53 percent lived in the
  South.

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• In 2002, the percentage rose to 55 percent and
  in 2004 close to 57 percent.

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• It is not unreasonable to expect that within
  the next decade 60 percent or more of the black
  population will reside in the South.

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• In 96 counties, the black population comprised
  50 percent or more of the county population and
  95 of these counties were in the non-metropolitan
  South.

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• St. Louis, Mo., was the only county outside of
  the South to have a black population exceed 50
  percent.

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• The estimates of seminary trained black clergy
  vary from 20 to 30 percent nationwide.

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• According to clergy who attended a conference
  at Shaw University in 2004, the consensus was
  that only 20 percent of the clergy they knew in
  the field were seminary trained.

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• The majority of black rural church pastors live
  in urban areas and commute an average of over 40
  miles to their churches.

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• Cheryl Gilkes has estimated that African
  Americans constitute about 25 percent of the
  participants in megachurch congregations, both
  black and white.

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• Twelve percent of churches without a black
  majority have a significant (10-49 percent) black
  presence among their regular attendees.

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In an article, "Get on Board, Little Children,
Theres Room for Many More The Black Megachurch
Phenomenon," a study of 66 black megachurches
were divided as follows

• Baptist, 46 percent
• Nondenominational, 29 percent
• Black Church in white denominations (United
  Methodist, Disciples of Christ, and United Church
  of Christ) 9 percent

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In an article, "Get on Board, Little Children,
Theres Room for Many More The Black Megachurch
Phenomenon," a study of 66 black megachurches
were divided as follows

• A.M.E. 8 percent
• Sanctified Church (COGIC, Pentecostal, Assemblies
  of the World, Bible Way Church, Apostolic) 8
  percent.

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• A profile of religious participation of African
  Americans indicates that fewer than 10 percent
  report that they have not attended religious
  services as an adult except for weddings and
  funerals.

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• Of those who attended churches, 70 percent
  stated that they attended religious services at
  least a few times a month, and two thirds
  reported that they are church members.

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• In terms of non-organizational religious
  participation, close to 80 percent of black
  Americans report that they pray nearly every day,
  27 percent report that they read religious books,
  and 21 percent watch or listen to religious
  programming on television or radio daily.

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• About 80 percent of the respondents considered
  themselves to be either very or fairly religious.

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In a survey of three generations

• 67.3 percent in the Grandparent generation
  reported that they are very religious
• 38.2 percent of the Parent generation
• 15.7 percent of the Child generation

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• 84 percent of black women prayed every day,
  which was significantly higher than the 68
  percent of black men.

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• Only 6 percent of black men say they never pray
  compared to 1.5 percent of black women.

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• Age also has "strong positive effects" on
  religious involvement with National studies
  indicate that about 10 percent of African
  Americans are "religiously noninvolved" or
  "unchurched."

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• The black-white difference in petitionary
  prayer is highly significant with 38 percent of
  whites engaging in petitionary prayer as compared
  with 66 percent of blacks.

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