Both of the other commenters ignore the elephant in the room.
One of the fastest declining churches in the West is the Roman Catholic Church itself. While it counts all the people it baptizes as members, even those who have converted to other denominations, the number of practising Catholics in the US has fallen from 80% in the 60s to 33% today. In Europe, Quebec, growing parts of Latin America and Australia/NZ it is in the low double digits and single digits.
The second largest religious group in America today are ex-Catholics.
If Rome wants anti-female and anti-gay ordination Anglicans have at them, but 400,000 new members isn't going to stop the tsunami of people leaving.
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Dan
Oct 27, 2009
10:01 a.m.
Both of the other commenters ignore the elephant in the room.
One of the fastest declining churches in the West is the Roman Catholic Church itself. While it counts all the people it baptizes as members, even those who have converted to other denominations, the number of practising Catholics in the US has fallen from 80% in the 60s to 33% today. In Europe, Quebec, growing parts of Latin America and Australia/NZ it is in the low double digits and single digits.
The second largest religious group in America today are ex-Catholics.
If Rome wants anti-female and anti-gay ordination Anglicans have at them, but 400,000 new members isn't going to stop the tsunami of people leaving.