I'm reflecting on the UCC. I grew up in the UCC during the fifties and sixties, in a small village in Ohio of about a thousand people. Probably a good hundred and fifty were UCC church members. Maybe more. Now, The UCC members are nationally, 1 in 300. That means my old church on average would now have three members in it.
What a statement about the viability of political indoctination replacing the Gospel.
In my neck of the woods five UCC congregations have departed from the denomination: two to the Evangelical Covenant Church, one each to the Reforemd Church in America and Reformed Presbyterian; and one strictly independent. There is at least one other “in the pipeline”.
Of course, the aggregate numbers are only as good as the sum of the reports of the individual churches. Some of them I wouldn't throw a stick at.Many congregations never take anyone off of their roles unless they get a letter saying someone has left.
Some congregations have figured out that the time to evaluate their roster is before they schedule an important vote. This comes after several congregation passed a first vote to leave the ELCA and then were totally caught off-guard by all the people who showed up to vote "no" at the second vote.