The Mormon church has 14 million people that either attend on a regular basis, seldom, or NEVER.
The Pew Research poll has 77% claiming once a week attendance or greater. Anecdotal experience shows Sacrament Meeting attendance to be closer to 50%. I think a fair portion of the difference is that 9am block where many people come in late.
That's of people who self identify as Mormon, which is quite a smaller sample than people who the church considers Mormon.
Parley P. Pratt wrote:We must lie to support brother Joseph, it is our duty to do so.
Buffalo wrote: The church also keeps a significant number of dead people on the rolls - if they lose track of someone, they're on the roles until their 110th birthday.
Amazing...with just 300 members worldwide, the LDS church seems to be doing just fine.
I intend to lay a foundation that will revolutionize the whole world. Joseph Smith We are “to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to provide for the widow, to dry up the tear of the orphan, to comfort the afflicted, whether in this church, or in any other, or in no church at all…” Joseph Smith
Buffalo wrote: The church also keeps a significant number of dead people on the rolls - if they lose track of someone, they're on the roles until their 110th birthday.
Amazing...with just 300 members worldwide, the LDS church seems to be doing just fine.
They probably have about 5-6 million members worldwide. Not too bad. Not as good as some of their closest competitors though.
Seventh-day Adventist Church 17,214,683 (who purge people from the roles who no longer attend) Jehovah's Witnesses 7.65 million (who purge people from the roles who aren't orthodox enough) Church of Scientology 100,000-200,000 (like the LDS church, official Scientology membership numbers are overinflated)
Parley P. Pratt wrote:We must lie to support brother Joseph, it is our duty to do so.
Shulem wrote:Count me in as one of the 14 million. I'm still a member and think the church is a cult and jezzus was a nut-case. And I have sex with gay boys, quite often.
But I'm still a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-days Saints. Count ME!
Yeah! I'm a Mormon!!
Paul O
No you're not and no you don't. Nobody knows for sure. You weren't there
Buffalo wrote: They probably have about 5-6 million members worldwide. Not too bad. Not as good as some of their closest competitors though.
After reading what they say on the postmo site and exmo site and on this site, I would put the membership at 100,000.
I intend to lay a foundation that will revolutionize the whole world. Joseph Smith We are “to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to provide for the widow, to dry up the tear of the orphan, to comfort the afflicted, whether in this church, or in any other, or in no church at all…” Joseph Smith
Buffalo wrote: They probably have about 5-6 million members worldwide. Not too bad. Not as good as some of their closest competitors though.
After reading what they say on the postmo site and exmo site and on this site, I would put the membership at 100,000.
Now you're confusing attendee's with believers...
“We look to not only the spiritual but also the temporal, and we believe that a person who is impoverished temporally cannot blossom spiritually.” Keith McMullin - Counsellor in Presiding Bishopric
"One, two, three...let's go shopping!" Thomas S Monson - Prophet, Seer, Revelator
When would you like them purged? If they are untraceable? We had a guy who came back to church who by your standards would have been deleted, and what? Do we have to re baptize them?
Ignoring the ongoing fantasies of Ex-Mormons, most people who do not attend church are not necessarily ex-Mormon. There are a LOT of people who have said they just don't have the time or they are working on Sunday. A lot of them have said they wouldn't mind coming back at some point.
JMS
Great Spirits Have Always Encountered Violent Opposition from Mediocre Minds - Albert Einstein
jskains wrote: There are a LOT of people who have said they just don't have the time or they are working on Sunday. A lot of them have said they wouldn't mind coming back at some point.
JMS
How many members regularly attend Sacrament Meeting in your ward? How many members are recorded on your full ward list?
“We look to not only the spiritual but also the temporal, and we believe that a person who is impoverished temporally cannot blossom spiritually.” Keith McMullin - Counsellor in Presiding Bishopric
"One, two, three...let's go shopping!" Thomas S Monson - Prophet, Seer, Revelator
jskains wrote: There are a LOT of people who have said they just don't have the time or they are working on Sunday. A lot of them have said they wouldn't mind coming back at some point.
JMS
How many members regularly attend Sacrament Meeting in your ward? How many members are recorded on your full ward list?
Don't know, but we care about them all regardless of their attendance. Unlike some religions that toss your rear out if you don't pay them money.
JMS
Great Spirits Have Always Encountered Violent Opposition from Mediocre Minds - Albert Einstein
Drifting wrote: How many members regularly attend Sacrament Meeting in your ward? How many members are recorded on your full ward list?
Don't know, but we care about them all regardless of their attendance. Unlike some religions that toss your rear out if you don't pay them money.
JMS
You don't know how many people (roughly) attend Sacrament Meeting at your ward? Or do you not want to face the fact that it represents a very small percentage of the people who remain recorded on your ward list?
“We look to not only the spiritual but also the temporal, and we believe that a person who is impoverished temporally cannot blossom spiritually.” Keith McMullin - Counsellor in Presiding Bishopric
"One, two, three...let's go shopping!" Thomas S Monson - Prophet, Seer, Revelator
