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The Seventh-Day Adventists began way at the end of the Second Great Awakening, coming about in May 1863. That's 33 years after the Mormons. They now have 16 million members. End of discussion.
That's only one small example. There are churches in some parts of the world, most notably in Sub-Saharan Africa, that will add a few million members per year. It's moot whether or not they achieve 14 million (and some do), the pure speed of growth far outstrips Mormons' growth.
It begs the question, how do they get away with this claim year after year? Even the press will often quote the same claim.
That's only one small example. There are churches in some parts of the world, most notably in Sub-Saharan Africa, that will add a few million members per year. It's moot whether or not they achieve 14 million (and some do), the pure speed of growth far outstrips Mormons' growth.
It begs the question, how do they get away with this claim year after year? Even the press will often quote the same claim.
If they repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it (and sometimes they'll even believe it themselves)
I would also add to your point that the Adventists are currently baptizing about 1 million members per year, and tend to retain pretty well. 1 million baptisms per year, you will recall, was Boyd K Packer's statistical wet dream for Mormonism some years ago, and that this has not even gotten close to panning out.
The Jehovah's Witnesses are also baptizing slightly better than the Mormons. There retention is also quite a bit better. They claim only participating members in their statistics, and for this number they have something like 6 million members. The usual upper bound for activity in the Morg is something like 1 out of 3, which puts their active membership at under 5 million.
The Jehovah's Witnesses are also baptizing slightly better than the Mormons. There retention is also quite a bit better. They claim only participating members in their statistics, and for this number they have something like 6 million members. The usual upper bound for activity in the Morg is something like 1 out of 3, which puts their active membership at under 5 million.
The world's fastest growing religious movement is Pentecostalism. It started as one congregation in Los Angeles about 1900, and hundred years later it has 250 to 500 millions followers. The number varies according to whether one includes the later charismatic revivalism.
But Pentecostals are Congregationalist, that is, they don't believe there has to be one church organization. Every congregation is independent. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecostalism
Outside of parts of the United States the Mormons are an insignificant group on the outskirts of the religious world, and generally don't count at all.
But Pentecostals are Congregationalist, that is, they don't believe there has to be one church organization. Every congregation is independent. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecostalism
Outside of parts of the United States the Mormons are an insignificant group on the outskirts of the religious world, and generally don't count at all.
I have to agree. In any ward I bet you see more converts coming and going when they find out what they really stepped into.
To mull it over and accept it would make a TBM's head explode.
wether true or not the mormons quality seems to me to still outweighs any other religions quantity
The quality of Mormonism is somewhere between dismal and nonexistant.
Go troll somewhere else.
Go troll somewhere else.
Are you kidding me? So you must be either a 6 year old BIC or a convert of 1 week.
Sorry D.P. Gumby. That comment was supposed to go under islam23
Sathya Sai Baba started a branch of hinduism in the 1940s. Current estimates put membership over 10 million. The organization had built ashrams, hospitals, schools, institutes.... The number of active Sathya Sai Baba adherents was counted in 1999 to be around 6 million.
Islam also has branches that've grown tremendously.
Personally, I'm not sure any of it is good for society. The good news is, declaring ones self as non-religious is very high in europe and around 15% in the usa, much more than LDSinc.
Islam also has branches that've grown tremendously.
Personally, I'm not sure any of it is good for society. The good news is, declaring ones self as non-religious is very high in europe and around 15% in the usa, much more than LDSinc.