church membership

Briefly noted

May 16, 2006

Adventists top million; mainline slips: Presbyterians and Methodists post declines

August 9, 2005

Methodist giving rises despite member loss: Contributions up over $4 million

March 22, 2005

Join the church? Well . . . Attenders, not members: Attenders, not members

November 30, 2004

ELCA numbers drop below 5 million: Baptized membership

September 7, 2004

Protestants may lose majority status: Family size, immigration are factors

August 10, 2004

Briefly noted

July 27, 2004

Presbyterian losses largest since '83: Decline "should call us to prayer and repentance"

June 29, 2004

Lights out: Churches closing

by Martin E. Marty

June 29, 2004

Lutheran numbers up in Africa, down in Europe: Called an African Renaissance

March 23, 2004

Ask the vicar: Why to belong

by Martin E. Marty

July 12, 2003

All church is local: Behind the statistics

by John Buchanan

July 31, 2002

What would Jesus count? A faithfulness index: A faithfulness index

by John Buchanan

May 8, 2002

Who’s counting? Doing the numbers on membership: Doing the numbers on membership

May 8, 2002

Imagining a new church: Disciples, not members

by Glenn McDonald

September 8, 1999