Progress on Reducing Global Child Deaths Shows Goals Are Reachable, New empty tomb Book Finds
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Progress has been made on reducing the rate at which little children around the world die from treatable causes, and more can be done.
In 1990, 93 children under age five died for every 1,000 live births. That number was reduced to 39 by 2018. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (PRWEB) April 27, 2021 Figure 21 from empty tomb’s latest edition, The State of Church Giving through 2018, shows progress has been made on reducing the rate of global child deaths.
In 1990, 93 children under age five died for every 1,000 live births. That number was reduced to 39 by 2018.
Global Racism Means About 80% of 1.2 Million Child Deaths Are in Africa, Numbers in New empty tomb Book Suggest
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Two children die each minute from treatable causes. Of 1.2 million, almost 80% are in Africa, according to data in empty tomb, inc.’s new book. That amounts to global racism. empty tomb is working to mobilize churches to act, in Jesus’ name, to stop these deaths by 2025.
With two children dying each minute in the Promise Gap, empty tomb hopes to jumpstart a movement among churches to reach the reduction goal by 2025. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (PRWEB) April 20, 2021 In 2018, 1.2 million children under the age of five died from treatable causes because world goals were not met, according to a new book by empty tomb, inc.
Global racism means about 80% of 1.2 million child deaths are in Africa
empty tomb urges churches to act, in Jesus’ name, to stop these deaths by 2025.
In 2018, 1.2 million children under the age of five died from treatable causes because world goals were not met.
In 1990 and 2000, world leaders “promised” (their word) to reach target goals for reducing under-5 child deaths around the globe.
By 2015, these goals were not fully met.
A calculation in empty tomb’s
The State of Church Giving through 2018 found that the difference between the target rate for under-five child deaths, and the actual rate of death from treatable causes meant that 1.2 million died in this “Promise Gap.”
Long-term declines in church giving and membership can be addressed
Helping dying children in Jesus’ name will also help the church
Recent survey data from Gallup points to a decline in church membership in the U.S. For the first time in over eight decades of surveys, Gallup found church members were less than half of the U.S. population.
Similar trends show up in numbers reported by a broad set of church denominations and collected by empty tomb, inc.’s The State of Church Giving series.
For example, giving as a percent of income was down 31% on a per-member basis, from 3.02% in 1968 to 2.05% in 2018, the latest year collected.
Long-Term Declines in Church Giving and Membership Can Be Addressed: New empty tomb Book
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Although declines in church member giving and membership patterns are long-standing, they can be changed, according to the new empty tomb, inc. State of Church Giving through 2018.
One goal offered by empty tomb is to help, in Jesus’ name, decrease the rate of deaths among children under five around the world. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (PRWEB) April 13, 2021 Numbers reported by a broad set of church denominations and collected by empty tomb, inc.’s The State of Church Giving series highlight downward trends in church member giving and membership patterns.