DAVEH: Hmmmmmmm.......interesting. Do you have any idea of the
world birthrate? It's probably more likely to be 3,000 per second, I
would guess.....
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was a little surprised to see that the JW's have a faster
growth rate than the Mormon church, seriously.
In a graduate lecture series I am going through, one of the
prof's stated a surprising demographic: outside the USA , Christian
growth as a result of conversion is at the rate of 3,000 per hour !!.
JD
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 19:01:07 -0700
Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Seeming inconsistancy
DAVEH:
One might question the statistics of folks that have trouble spelling
Mormon correctly. Here's another perspective........
Roman Catholic Church -- 63,683,030 (62,391,484)
Southern Baptist Convention -- 15,960,308 (15,851,756)
United Methodist Church -- 8,340,954 (8,377,662)
Church of God in Christ -- 5,499,875 (5,499,875)
Church of Jesus Christ of LDS-- 5,208,827 (5,113,409)
Evangelical Luth Church in America --5,125,919 (5,149,668)
http://www.religioscope.com/info/notes/2002_020_US_church_stat.htm
.........Furthermore, unless my memory has failed me again, it appears
they've got their greater than/less than arrows reversed. Some
of you scientific dudes can correct me on that if I'm wrong.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
American demographics from 2001.
May be of interest. More info to follow.
Yes ----------------------I am home alone, this evening.
JD
American Adults Religious Identification (Age 18+)
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Christian Religious Groups
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Catholic
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24.5%
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Baptist
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16.3%
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Christian
(no denomination specified)
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6.8%
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Methodist/Wesleyan
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6.8%
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Lutheran
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4.6%
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Other [>1%]:
Presbyterian; Pentecostal/Charismatic, Protestant, Nondenominational,
Episcopalian/Anglican; Morman/Latter-Day Saints; Churches of Christ
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Other [=
or >.3%]: Jehovah's Witness; Seventh-Day Adventist; Assemblies
of God; Church of God; Holiness/Holy; Congregational/United Church of
Christ; Church of the Nazarene
Others [smaller representations yet]: Disciples of Christ;
Church of the Brethren; Mennonite; Orthodox (Eastern); Quaker;
Reformed/Dutch Reform, and many more
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Total Christian
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76.5%
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Other Religious Groups
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Jewish
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1.3%
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Muslim/Islam
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0.5%
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Buddhist
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0.5%
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Other <.5
and >.3%: Hindu; Unitarian Universalist; Other [examples]:
Pagan; Wiccan; Spiritualist; Native American; Baha'I; New Age; Sikh;
Scientologist; Taoist; Deity; Druid; Eckankar; Santaria; Rastafarian
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Total Other
Religions
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3.7%
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No Religion Groups
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Agnostic
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0.5%
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Atheist
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0.4%
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Not a
worldview group, but rather individuals who stated: "No
religion"
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13.2%
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Other [smaller
representation groupings examples]: Humanist; Secular
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Total No
Religion Specified
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14.1%
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