To: philosofy123
"This thing is a MARKET SHARE thing. Catholics are up to cature lost market share to the protestants. Score one for the Catholics"Actually, you can score a lot more than one. Catholic Church membership in the US has increased by approximately 10,000,000 (from approx. 50 mil to approx 60 mil) in just the past decade. Compare that to total Episcopal membership of approximately 2.5 million and total Evangelical Lutheran Church membership of 5.3 million, both of which are either flat-lining or declining in numbers.
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07/24/2003 12:47:41 PM PDT by
Reo
To: Reo
Catholic Church membership in the US has increased by approximately 10,000,000 (from approx. 50 mil to approx 60 mil) in just the past decade Mostly due to Mexican illegal immigration.
To: Reo
It is funny you don't mention the evangelical, pentecostal, and the conservative break offs from the Liberal main line protestant churches. The super growing mega evangelical churches seem to be left out of your equations as well!
To: Reo
Perhaps the Catholics have better product, or better sales staff?
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