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When asked about the suggestion that Mars Hill Bible Church was once home to about 10,000 people, Pastor Dobson insisted that the figure was not accurate. "In no way was this a 10,000-member church ever. In the early days people were just intrigued (and wondering) 'What the heck is going on over there?'" said Dobson.
"I would say about 1,000 people left (over 'Love Wins'), and that's okay. I don't think even a lot of them left in anger," he added. "They just thought 'Well, Mars Hill's not the place I thought it was.' Surely some people were upset, but on the other hand it wasn't exactly a mass exodus. Rob had been saying everything in that book for five years."

Dobson told MLive.com that, nowadays, Mars Hill on average welcomes about 3,000 worshippers every Sunday.

No matter how you slice it, someone's playing fast-and-loose with the attendance numbers (and the theology) at Mars Hill:

[Rob Bell] told The New Yorker that the publication of his book resulted in a 3,000-person decrease in membership at Mars Hill Bible Church, which he founded in 1999. "The book put pressure on the people around Bell, who found themselves having to defend statements they might never have heard, let alone approved," The New Yorker writes.
-- from the thread Rob Bell Tells How 'Love Wins' Led to Mars Hill Departure

strange stuff going on

Is that like some folks track denominational counts.

No matter how you slice it, someone's playing fast-and-loose with the attendance numbers (and the theology) at Mars Hill:

Dang!

Seems like MormonISM is EVERYWHERE these days!