[Cronos]

and they wonder why their numbers are down.

True and despite the crowing that one may hear or read, the actual numbers show a large number leaving the Presbyterians as a whole

	2009 membership	2010 membership	Lost	Gained
PCUSA	2,934,952	2,844,952	90,000
PCA	335,000	340,000	5,500
OPC	21,123	21,530	407
		Disappearing Presbyerians	84,100

The numbers are dropping by 84,100 a year. As all three of these groups turn more and more leftist/communist, more will leave.

[HossB86]

Source for your numbers?

Hoss

[RnMomof7]

LOL , Catholics are bleeding adult members, but you need to worry about yourown church ..we will worry about ours .. and look once again at your numbers they indicate a growth in PCA and OPC

2009= 335,000 2010= 340,000 that is a gain as far as I can see. Can the RC that developed the chrt read numbers??? LOL

But one way or another Catholics can not seem to grasp a protestant concept of MEMBERSHIP ..our church may have 200 regular attenders.. but only 100 members..

Membership numbers reflect people that want to do more than attend.. they want to be placed under the authority of the church elders ... unlike the RC that claims even infants as members.. Baptized babies are not members..neither are the teens that come every Sunday for Sunday school .. or many of actual attenders