Hi, Susan, At 09:48 PM 1/24/2005, you wrote: >>In the case of Mormonism there is strong evidence to suggest that on the >>global scale they are experiencing the same stagnation as we are: >><http://www.cumorah.com/report.html>http://www.cumorah.com/report.html<<
Yes, I was referring to American statistics. For instance, the following comes from the report you cited: "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is growing relatively faster than many large Christian faiths, at least in the United States. The 1990-2000 Glenmary study reports that the LDS Church ranks twenty-third among the 149 participating denominations in overall U.S. growth rate but first among denominations with over one million adherents. The annual U.S. LDS growth rate of 1.9% edges out the annual world population growth rate by 0.2-0.4%. The Glenmary study cautions that the main findings are based solely upon the raw number of adherents 'claimed by religious bodies,' and activity and retention rates for Latter-day Saints were not examined." That is a limitation in the methodology. However, other studies I have seen (especially NES data) also indicate that U.S. LDS growth rates are still pretty strong. >>You will also note they have some of the same debates regarding membership >>statistics as we do.<< Personally, I doubt that Mormonism would have similar global appeal as in the U.S. It is, in many ways, the ultimate religion of American romanticism. Regards, Mark A. Foster • http://markfoster.net • [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger." ---- Abbie Hoffman __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:archive@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
