CHURCH MEMBERSHIP

Here are some changes in church membership for the past year according to the National Council of Churches 2008 yearbook:

• Jehovah's Witnesses - up 2.25%

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints - up 1.56%

• The Roman Catholic Church, Southern Baptist Convention, Assemblies of God and African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church – up less than 1%

• The Episcopal Church - down 4%

• Presbyterian Church, USA - down 2.4%