"Check with the VOA, and/or check with the SBC."I just pulled up a site on SBC statistics and learned that numberically we are still growing, but we have lost ground as a percent of total Americans. There are several reasons given for the growth slowing.
- There is the well publicized split between the SBC and the moderates. But there weren't that many moderates.
- Some Baptist churches are dropping the name "Baptist" because they view as associated with bigotry (From the slavery days) and because there is a growing trend of people rejecting organized denominations in general and opting for "non-denominational" churches, which have effectively become a denomination unto themselves.
- I don't doubt that we lose some youth, we always have, but I really doubt we lose anything like 90%. My guess is 9%.