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Tag Archives: Church growth
“Some people think truth is more important than loyalty to a tradition.”
About a year ago news headlines announced that vast numbers of Mormons were leaving the Mormon Church. While that is perhaps considered old news today, for Mormons who are struggling with their faith it is very relevant. This 9-minute video, … Continue reading
Posted in Truth, Honesty, Prayer, and Inquiry
Tagged Church growth, Evangelism, Faith, Grace, Jesus Christ, Salvation
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Mormonism’s growth figures—what can you believe?
Screaming front page headline in Wednesday, May 2, 2012’s Salt Lake Tribune (in bold, no less): “Multiplying Mormons expand into new turf” Subhead 1: “2010 census: LDS Church is fastest-growth Christian faith in 30 states, report shows” Subhead 2: “Only … Continue reading
Mormonism’s Apostasy Predicament
In 2006 an article in the Salt Lake Tribune made waves when it called attention to the fact that “Less than a third of those baptized [in Chile] stays in the Mormon fold.” The article noted that the LDS Church … Continue reading
The Mormon Kingdom Today
Over at the Mormon Chapbook blog, Mike Tea takes a look at the demographics of Mormonism. Employing a helpful map (below) provided by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, Mike argues that the grandiose LDS claims of worldwide … Continue reading
Proselytizing for Optimum Productivity
An email from a former Mormon (I’ll call “XM”) arrived in my inbox. He was disturbed over a video he found on You Tube. In the video, (now) LDS President Thomas Monson instructs LDS missionaries on how to find investigators … Continue reading
Mormon Church Growth & Retention
(I will be traveling over the next few days. This will be the last Mormon Coffee post until August 7th or 8th.) On July 18th the LDS Church released this to the press: SALT LAKE CITY — The Church of … Continue reading
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Tagged Church growth, Retention
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Twelve Million Mormons
This morning when I checked my email inbox I found a message with a subject line that read, “Millions of customers can’t be wrong!” The message was a spam ad for “alluring pheromones” that promise to attract women of all … Continue reading
LDS Growth Statistics
Last week the Associated Press reported: “The Assemblies of God, the Mormon church and the Roman Catholic Church were the fastest-growing major denominations in the United States last year, according to the just-released 2006 Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches. … Continue reading
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Tagged Church growth, Inactivity, Retention
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