[big'ol_freeper]

I'm sorry. Too many zeros. Depending on the year it seems to range between 15 and 25 million in growth. This is a recent article on Church growth:

Vatican stats: Catholic Church growing, especially in Asia, Africa

[xzins]

As a pastor, I’m a realist.

The only number I’m interested in is how many have planted their butts in the seats on any given Sunday.

There might be 250 million movie goers in America, but the only ones Spiderman 3 producers are interested in are those who actually watch their show. All the rest are just a curious statistic.