Friday, October 01, 2010

2009: Four TEC Dioceses That Split Experience Huge ASA and Plate/Pledge Losses

2009: Four TEC Dioceses That Split Experience Huge ASA and Plate/Pledge Losses
Diocese of North Texas fabricates numbers. Losses huge, actual figures reveal.

By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
Sept. 30, 2010

Four dioceses that underwent a split in the Episcopal Church have suffered huge losses in Average Sunday Attendance as well as plate and pledge, according to figures released by the National Church.

In 2008, the Diocese of Pittsburgh claimed 19,092 baptized members. In 2009, that figure had dropped to 8,545 a net loss of 10,545 members.

In pledge and plate, the drop was just as significant. In 2008 the Pittsburgh Diocese took in $1,187,000, by 2009 the figure had dropped to $466,200 for a net loss of $720,800.

Average Sunday Attendance in the Pittsburgh diocese in 2008 was 7,193. In 2009, it was 2,664 for a net loss of 4,529.

Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org

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