Monday, February 15, 2010

Church Growth from 2009 to 2010

Gaining Members
Jehovah's Witnesses 2% (1 million)
Church of God, Cleveland, TN 1.76% (1 million)
Catholics 1.49% (68 million members)
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1.71% (5.8 million)
Assemblies of God 1.27% ( 2.8 million)

Losing Members
Presbyterian Church USA -3.28% (2.9 million)
Episcopal Church, -2.81% (2 million)
American Baptists -2% (1.3 million)
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America -1.92% (4.7 million)
Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod -1.92% (2.3 million)

United Methodist Church -.98% (7.8 million)
Southern Baptists -.24% (16.2 million)

Source: Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches

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