81% say the use of email by ministers, staffs, and congregation helps the spiritual life of the congregation to some extent – 35% a great deal.
91% say email has helped congregation members and members of the staff stay more in touch with each other – 51% say it has helped a great deal.
63% say email has helped the congregation connect at least a bit more to the surrounding community – 17% say it has helped a lot.
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77% post mission statements, sermons, or other text concerning their faith.
76% have links to denomination and faith-related sites.
60% have links to scripture studies or devotional material.
56% post schedules, meeting minutes, and other internal communications.
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64% of the nation’s 128 million Internet users have done things online that relate to religious or spiritual matters.
Nearly two-thirds of the adults who use the Internet in the United States have used the Internet for faith-related matters. That represents nearly 82 million Americans.
35% have sent or received online greeting cards related to religious holidays.
32% have gone online to read news accounts of religious events and affairs.
21% have sought information about how to celebrate religious holidays.
17% have looked for information about where they could attend religious services.
Some 28% of the online faithful said they had used the Internet to seek or exchange information about their own religious faith or tradition with others
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