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lees1975

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4. And if you look closely at their report, the membership is much greater than the actual church attendance.

Reply to House of Roberts (Reply #3)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 04:32 PM

Dec 19

At 12.8 million members, the actual weekly average church attendance is 3.8 million. So the actual numerical strength of Southern Baptists is probably not much more than 4 million. And while white Evangelicals voting for Trump slipped up to about 84% in 2024, the overall number of self-identified white Evangelicals who voted was almost 4 million less than it was in 2020.

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They give Christianity a bad name kimbutgar Dec 19 #1

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Keep in mind, House of Roberts Dec 19 #3

And if you look closely at their report, the membership is much greater than the actual church attendance. lees1975 Dec 19 #4

I joined a Southern Baptist church at age 13. I'm probably still being counted as a member 60 years later. Girard442 Dec 19 #5

If you joined, and never did anything about un-joining, chances are good you're still on the roll. lees1975 Dec 19 #6

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There was a huge disconnection in this denomination already in existence between people in the pew and lees1975 Saturday #10

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