by Qcmbr 85 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
As of 31 December 2012, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reported 188,462 members in 45 stakes, 335 Congregations (286 wards[1] and 49 branches[1]), 6 missions, and 2 temples in the United Kingdom. (wikipaedia)
I'm part of an active ex LDs community and in a straw poll of the 200 members of that group a rough average active membership per ward , being generous, was 120.
120 * 335 = 40200.
188462 - 40200 = 148262 inactive members in the UK.
Do the Mormons have any method, even internal (not for R&F consumption) method for tracking their "active" members?
JWs have a very convenient method for doing so - field service reports. If you turn in a report, you are "counted". And if you have turned in a report, you must at least have teh desire to appear to be active, and likely are integrated into the JW community. So it is a reasonable way of counting JW "actives".
If JWs ever stopped requiring field service reports to be turned in, within 5 years you'd see similar ratios (the "real" JW count would plummet by well over 50%).
The ward clerk takes meeting attendance counts and provides a monthly report.
Thanks for the Update. Its great to see these cults losing their grip.
Interesting update. Just like JWs, they are ready to blame those who leave rather than admit that the problem is the church itself.
It is tough being a cult in this world today. The gravy days are over. Blame it on the internet.
BTTT
It's probably just a co-incidence, but I noticed in the graph above that there was a spike in LDS membership in 1975. I wonder how many of those were disaffected JWs.
When there were more Mormons around, that was confusing enough, but now there are fewer Mormons around, the confusion continues. More, less, fewer, greater - all I know is they still try to run me off the road as they bike two-by-two along narrow country roads as I nervously negotiate a straighter, Mormon-free road ahead.
Money and women rights, gays, and racism- it will get all of them eventually. Follow the money.
