Appendix B - About

About

Barna Group is a research firm dedicated to providing actionable insights on faith and culture, with a particular focus on the Christian church. In its 30-year history, Barna has conducted more than one million interviews in the course of hundreds of studies, and has become a go-to source for organizations that want to better understand a complex and changing world from a faith perspective.

Barna’s clients include a broad range of academic institutions, churches, non-profits, and businesses, such as Alpha, the Templeton Foundation, Pepperdine University, Fuller Seminary, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Maclellan Foundation, DreamWorks Animation, Focus Features, Habitat for Humanity, the Navigators, NBC-Universal, the ONE Campaign, Paramount Pictures, the Salvation Army, Walden Media, Sony and World Vision.The firm’s studies are frequently quoted by major media outlets such as The Economist, BBC, CNN, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, Fox News, Huffington Post, The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. Visit us at barna.org.

Josh McDowell Ministry’s mission is to serve others until the whole world hears about Jesus. As a ministry of Cru, JMM serves to help build multiplying disciples until the whole world knows that the Christian faith is reliable, relational and relevant to their lives. Josh McDowell Ministry equips students, parents, leaders and churches though the production of innovative events and cutting-edge ministry resources in the heart languages of people everywhere. Visit josh.org.

Covenant Eyes bridges the gap between technology and relationships through software that protects people on the Internet. Internet Accountability tracks websites visited on computers, smartphones and tablets, compiling them into an easy-to-read report using age-based content rat- ings. More than 100 million of these reports have started conversations that help develop family values and accountability. Internet Filtering blocks inappropriate web content based on age. Covenant Eyes serves over 200,000 members in more than 150 countries.

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