1 posted on
03/21/2004 6:14:09 AM PST by
NYer
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Laetare Sunday Ping!
2 posted on
03/21/2004 6:15:02 AM PST by
NYer
(Prayer is the Strength of the Weak)
To: NYer
Six of the top 25 churches reported membership losses: the PC (USA), the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the United Methodist Church, the Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod), the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, and the United Church of Christ. Interesting. I'd say that these all tend to be fairly liberal communities (at least in the leadership), save one. I wonder why LCMS is shrinking.
Who was it that said something like "who needs a Church that simply embraces his own sinful behavior?" I wish I could remember the exact wording; it was a brilliant observation.
3 posted on
03/21/2004 6:38:46 AM PST by
B Knotts
(Salve!)
To: NYer
The growth of the Catholic church comes completely from immigration, both legal and illegal, also the Catholic church does not purge its membership files, even if someone has not sat in a pew in years.
6 posted on
03/21/2004 9:37:33 AM PST by
RFT1
To: NYer
The way most churches pad their attendance and membership rolls, this data is useless.
To: NYer
The best data is average Sunday attendance. ECUSA claims 2.5 million members, but in reality it only gets about 700,000 to 800,000 a Sunday.
43 posted on
03/22/2004 9:30:48 AM PST by
bobjam
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