tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002659398137070021.post3834336559340559867..comments2023-03-27T05:49:22.760-04:00Comments on Last Of All: Going to ChurchUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002659398137070021.post-61064986660323741532011-02-26T23:55:08.514-05:002011-02-26T23:55:08.514-05:00Catholics are only holding their own because of ma...Catholics are only holding their own because of massive immigration; the second largest group in the US, after Catholics, is ex-Catholics.<br /> The Southern Baptist Convention is experiencing decline and loss of converts.<br /> The largest group among those under 35 years old? "None of the Above". Barely 4% of those under 35 in the US population belong to ANY Mainline Protestant Church. Without cultural assimilation (higher education and incomes) and divorce (some ex-Catholics) and disaffected gays who want to dress up on Sundays, the numbers joining Mainline Protestant churches would be even lower than they are.<br /> And Sunday attendance numbers have been bottoming out since 2002. When your median age is 59+ (and rising) you're going to get even smaller soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com