Mercury wrote:Let me clarify: Baptisms might increase but donations will take a nosedive. As the bishop asks where the ten percent is from bob the lower middle class convert and his family, bob will give the finger to Mormonism and another exmo will be born.
Baptisms are irrelevant to my prediction. Its tithing contributions that the corporation of Joe only really concerned themselves with.
Jason, I am interested in hearing your response if at all possible.
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Mercury wrote:Let me clarify: Baptisms might increase but donations will take a nosedive. As the bishop asks where the ten percent is from bob the lower middle class convert and his family, bob will give the finger to Mormonism and another exmo will be born.
Baptisms are irrelevant to my prediction. Its tithing contributions that the corporation of Joe only really concerned themselves with.
Jason, I am interested in hearing your response if at all possible.
Certainly some may par back their donations as the economy falters. However I highly doubt most the faithful will cut back. If anything preaching from the pulpit about tithing will be, as I think you or someone else said, even more emphasized. The Church leaders do not want to see the 10% slide. But it will be less in total because as incomes tumble so the 10% will be less.
But really, I think most active LDS will continue to pay tithing. Would some recent convert become more resistant. Yes this is a distinct possibility. But in my days where I dealt with tithing there were even members that you might think were solid as a rock that did not tithe when financial stress came on. And they continued to attend and hold callings, without temple recommends in some cases.