Re: [TruthTalk] LDS Church has ZERO Growth!

Wed, 27 Jul 2005 17:34:06 -0700

More news:
http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_2892446 Identity crisis: MORMONS AS MINORITY

church-going, active members probably comprise at most 42 percent of all Utahns
 

Kevin Deegan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Blaine: none taken down or destroyed that I am aware of. 
 
Now you are aware, or do you prefer to remaining in OZ to reality?
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_2886597 Avenues wards continue to lose members
 
All that remains is a "for sale" sign on a dirt field. No longer are Mormon families streaming to the wardhouse on Sunday mornings.
...they watched as crews demolished the white concrete structure that once served as the heart of their predominantly LDS community.
   Declining membership forced the LDS Church to redraw boundaries in 2003, consolidating three stakes, which oversee wards, into two.

http://www.sltrib.com/ci_2886596 Mormon portion of Utah population steadily shrinking

The LDS Church said its count comprises "all members" - including children in LDS families under age 8, when most Mormons are baptized, and nonpracticing members.

http://www.sltrib.com/ci_2890645 Keeping members a challenge for LDS church

http://www.sltrib.com/ci_2890646 Unintended consequence of church's 'raising the bar'
Diminishing returns: With fewer missionaries going out, converts have slowed as well


[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
Blainer:  You can prove anything you want with statistics. During the year 2004, 3 new Mormon temples were dedicated, 2 re-dedicated, 0 were taken down, 119 in operation at end of year, with ten more in various stages of planning or building.  Converts baptized were 241, 239.  Total membership as of December 31, 2004, 12, 275,822, up about 3 million from 1998.  New stake buildings,  new ward buildings always being built, re-built etc, none taken down or destroyed that I am aware of.  All church meeting houses  are crowded, some with three wards using alternate time schedules, most with at least two wards doubling up.  Sounds like progress to me. 
 
In a message dated 7/26/2005 10:48:48 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Keeping members a challenge for LDS church
Mormon myth: The belief that the church is the fastest-growing faith in the world doesn't hold up
When the Graduate Center of the City University of New York conducted an American Religious Identification Survey in 2001, it discovered that about the same number of people said they had joined the LDS Church as said they had left it. The CUNY survey reported the church's net growth was zero percent.
 

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