Laptop computers have been one of the hottest computing trends in the past few years.
Large churches are also much more likely to use scanners and computer networks.
Only 6 percent of all churches had a home page on the Internet two years ago. Altogether, one-fourth of all churches have created a home page. The number of churches with Internet access increased by 50 percent in the past two years. Overall, churches have made huge strides in gaining access to the Internet over the past two years, yet not even half of all churches are online today. The surveys for this study were mailed in February 1999.