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To: sionnsar
Questions, if I may...

1. 31,000 worshippers in 77 parishes?..that's 400 or so members per church...that can't be correct?...it sounds way to high...

2. 6 have already left..1 more just announced, and another 5 are considering it..that's nearly 20%..the "tipping" point is really coming fast...

4 posted on 01/10/2006 4:06:06 AM PST by ken5050 (Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to pass on her gene pool....any volunteers?)
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To: ken5050
They're probably counting very loosely. Members who leave rarely "transfer" their membership, so they can sit on the old rolls for a long time.

And yes, the tipping point does seem to be coming quickly, at least in this diocese.

5 posted on 01/10/2006 9:38:42 AM PST by sionnsar (†trad-anglican.faithweb.com† | Libs: Celebrate MY diversity! | Iran Azadi 2006 | Is it February yet?)
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To: ken5050

400 members per parish * 10% church attendance = 40 worshippers per parish. That's one heck of a SMALL church to me. (But then I'm Catholic.)


6 posted on 01/11/2006 11:25:52 AM PST by dangus
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