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What I recently read is that those exiting mainline Protestant churches and the Catholic Church have moved on to independent/non-denominational churches. This also jives with my own observations and experience.

9 posted on 02/20/2018 12:07:03 PM PST by LouieFisk

RE: What I recently read is that those exiting mainline Protestant churches and the Catholic Church have moved on to independent/non-denominational churches.

That’s what this articles says as well ( see charts above ).

12 posted on 02/20/2018 12:08:43 PM PST by SeekAndFind

In the non denominational Christian Church I attend, former Catholics make up at least 70% of the church's membership. That's not a surprise where I live given more people identify as "former Catholic" than anything else. Catholic churches near where I live have been shrinking for years, non-denominational Christian churches have been growing and expanding.

The church I belong to was about 300 members when I joined. It's now well over 9,000 members / regular attendees. Christmas, Easter and Mothers Day we easily pass 17,000+ attendees and always add extra services.

26 posted on 02/20/2018 12:29:56 PM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))

Yep - started Catholic and lapsed but tried several “flavors” over the years and 16 years ago went non-denominational and find it perfect.

54 posted on 02/21/2018 2:41:06 AM PST by trebb (I stopped picking on the mentally ill hypocrites who pose as conservatives...mostly ;-})

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