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Friday, May 20, 2011
From VirtueOnline
Presiding Bishop Jefferts Schori was in the Netherlands this past week where a Dutchman monitored her speeches and sent back this report: "As a Dutch Anglican VOL reader I have to tell you that Mrs. Jefferts Schori was here recently and gave an interview to a liberal Christian newspaper and she said: 'In the United States there are also less people going to Church. It is lower than the official numbers. With us in TEC, however, there is growth; which comes from Latinos, just like the Roman-Catholic Church. Latin American Christians, who come to the US, become Anglican, Catholic or visit Pentecostal churches. Next to immigration our greatest growth is in overseas dioceses.' It made me laugh..."
Here are the facts. There are 10 non-domestic dioceses and two jurisdictions represented in 16 countries for a total of 487 "foreign" congregations with an average Sunday attendance in 2009 of 11,458. That's an ASA of 23 per congregation. According to Our Lady of the Rainbow Miter, that's church growth... Really?
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