Queer Mormon poet with radical political views. I have been married 27 years, and we have 6 children. Sunday school president. Served in the Utah Provo Mission.
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104 thoughts on “What happens when atheists knock on Mormons’ doors”
Not really. Lethbridge has about 10% membership, and per stake baptisms here are better than the stake in which we lived in Vancouver.
That’s fair, but I think there’s a point at which it has to be a factor. The 10% membership you have in Lethbridge still leaves a 90% pool of people from which to find investigators. But what about a Mormon town in Utah or Idaho with a 95% membership? There just aren’t very many nonmembers per stake.
True, but in my mission, towns with 90% Mormons weren’t the only segment of the stake. In fact, membership in the entire mission was more like 50%. My second area wasn’t even founded by Mormons; it was founded by coal miners.
So the tipping point probably lies somewhere between 10% and 90%, but I don’t know where. My point is, I think there is a tipping point.
Not really. Lethbridge has about 10% membership, and per stake baptisms here are better than the stake in which we lived in Vancouver.
That’s fair, but I think there’s a point at which it has to be a factor. The 10% membership you have in Lethbridge still leaves a 90% pool of people from which to find investigators. But what about a Mormon town in Utah or Idaho with a 95% membership? There just aren’t very many nonmembers per stake.
True, but in my mission, towns with 90% Mormons weren’t the only segment of the stake. In fact, membership in the entire mission was more like 50%. My second area wasn’t even founded by Mormons; it was founded by coal miners.
So the tipping point probably lies somewhere between 10% and 90%, but I don’t know where. My point is, I think there is a tipping point.