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To: NYer

Is this decline at least partially due to an influx of persons crossing our southern border?

31 posted on 10/18/2014 2:42:48 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)

To: trisham

yep

32 posted on 10/18/2014 2:48:18 PM PDT by scbison

To: trisham

Good question.

We know that, for the most part, black ethnic solidarity trumps both evangelical and Catholic teachings.

No reason to think that the same isn’t true of Hispanic newcomers, a lot of whom are evangelical rather than Catholic.

33 posted on 10/18/2014 2:49:30 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")

To: trisham; jjotto; scbison

Is this decline at least partially due to an influx of persons crossing our southern border?

According to the article, the decline is due primarily to aging members who are dying off in these congregations. They are not being replaced.

37 posted on 10/18/2014 3:10:18 PM PDT by NYer ("You are a puff of smoke that appears briefly and then disappears." James 4:14)

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