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June 29, 2011
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP DECLINE
According to the 2011 Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches, most Christian denominations saw little growth in membership over the last year. Overall church membership saw a 1% decline in the last year with about 145 million people (out of the 345 million total population in the U.S. and Canada) declaring a church membership. The Southern Baptist Convention ranks second behind the Catholic Church in overall membership in the U.S. with 16.1 million declared Southern Baptists in the country. However, even the SBC saw a slight .42% drop in membership over he last year. (USA today)
Tithing Truth
Thought most profess to tithe the standard 10% of their income to their church, the actual average percentage of income given to churches over the last two years was only 2.43%. This number has declined over the last 40 years with the highest amount being only 3.11% in 1968. (Christianity Today)
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