Should the Episcopal Church go out of business?
Should the Episcopal Church go out of business?
By George Clifford
A February item reported at the Episcopal Café's Lead intrigues me: Methodist Church in the UK to go out of existence? The Rev. David Gamble, President of the U.K.'s Methodist Conference said that he was willing to end the separate status of the Methodist Church for the sake of the "Kingdom."
From a sociological perspective, the Episcopal Church (TEC) has suffered both a striking numerical loss in membership (almost 30%) and an even larger decline as a percentage of the nation's population (almost 60%). In 1960, TEC had 2.9 million members, equaling 1.6% of the U.S. population. Forty-eight years later, TEC had fewer than 2.06 million members, or only 0.65% of the U.S. population.
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By George Clifford
A February item reported at the Episcopal Café's Lead intrigues me: Methodist Church in the UK to go out of existence? The Rev. David Gamble, President of the U.K.'s Methodist Conference said that he was willing to end the separate status of the Methodist Church for the sake of the "Kingdom."
From a sociological perspective, the Episcopal Church (TEC) has suffered both a striking numerical loss in membership (almost 30%) and an even larger decline as a percentage of the nation's population (almost 60%). In 1960, TEC had 2.9 million members, equaling 1.6% of the U.S. population. Forty-eight years later, TEC had fewer than 2.06 million members, or only 0.65% of the U.S. population.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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