Comments on: 30 Year Church Growth

By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 04:35:23 +0000

I added 2005 stats. Annual growth for 2003-2005 has been stable at roughly 240,000. I could not find stability trends in other years.

By: ltbugaf

ltbugaf — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 19:27:35 +0000

Rick: Interesting site you referred to, although I find some of their graphic represenations utterly unhelpful. Didn't find what I was actually looking for, though, which is just a simple tracking of total Church population. I'm sure it can be found if one tries hard enough. Alternatively, I can just read the statistical report from each annual general conference and make my own graph.

By: Mary Siever

Mary Siever — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 18:40:50 +0000

Yeah, but at least we don’t have to go to church in the morning and then come back again LATER. There isn’t much wrong with the 3 hour block. And you can make friends outside of church time (like hey HOMETEACHING!)

By: bill

bill — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 18:34:09 +0000

When did the 3 hour block start? Think about it. Also, the 3 hour block is good for managing but horrible for making friends. Just like the 18 month missions did not work, perhaps the 3 hour block is not the best either.

By: rick

rick — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 17:31:49 +0000

Kris, you may want to check out:
http://www.cumorah.com

Lots of stats there.

By: Kris

Kris — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 17:16:36 +0000

I find that interesting as well. I would LOVE to see a chart that shows actual membership of “attending members” not including those who are inactive etc. I would find that very interesting. But, I do feel strongly that we are going to see more and more of a decline and more people leaving the church as we get closer to the second coming. I think it will become increasingly harder to convert people to the gospel, but that is just my own opinion.

By: ltbugaf

ltbugaf — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 14:19:10 +0000

(…that’s a chart “of” total Church membership…)

By: ltbugaf

ltbugaf — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 14:18:32 +0000

It seems we would also need to look at a chart in total Church membership over the same period, to get a real feel for what the Church’s growth has been.

By: rick

rick — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Oddly enough the current down-trend is during the same period that Internet use has climbed.

Do you think that the Internet has had an adverse effect on the number of converts per year?

By: Jeff Milner

Jeff Milner — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I think it has to do with the church being concerned about the retention rates. Even though the church reached an all time high in 1990 with growth, I think they probably reached another record in low retention.