Now I wonder if there’ll be any growth whatsoever.
With 919 congregations, comprising 149,242 members, there’s a net increase of 77 individual members. Some of the “big growers” reported big declines. And none of this counts Canadian congregations that may or may not have left the UUA.
I’ll admit up front that I didn’t expect to like the generic radio spot for the new UUA “Uncommon Denomination” campaign and wasn’t disappointed. (”Uncommon Denomination” is a service mark of the Unitarian Universalist Association, which I’m sure upsets the marketing people at the United Methodist Church.)
You can download the radio spot in MP3 […]
As we wind up this certification rodeo, we’re left as an Association with virtually no growth, though some churches did grow quite well. Full wrap-up on the big winners next week.
Until then, with 903 congregations certified, with a total of 147,345 members, there is a net growth of 326 members.
Lifestyle evangelism, or, as Channing might put it, “evangelism by character”, isn’t new. But applying it subtly via the Internet is gaining currency: enough to attract the Other Newspaper, that is, the New York Times.
Click here to see “Tucked Behind the Home Page, a Call to Worship” by John Leland, in today’s print and online […]
Earlier, Derek Parker, in a comment, noted
Community churches in the UUA have a single membership role, a single board, but (as in a UUA/UCC set-up) report membership using one of two methods…
(a) half the membership is reported to the UUA, and dues payed accordingly
(b) members are asked which denomination they want to support with their […]
Not good news I’m afraid:
870 congregations. These have 143,330 members in total. For the 870, a net gain over last year of 412 members, well less than a half percent.
A more detailed report above 900 congregations.
If you read the UUA Directory, or the certified congregations roster, you may get the impression that there are a couple of dozen tiny churches, mainly in New England, that couldn’t possibly have an active ministry. I used to think they were a coffee klatch-sized mob of octogenarians subsisting on Church Bean Dinners.
But this impression […]
One of the things that worries me about the organization of new Unitarian Universalist churches - and especially Christian ones - is where the spiritual leadership comes from in its developmental stages.
Reality 1. Only the rarest of situations would allow a start-up corps of lay persons to retain the services of a minister for anything […]
If you are reading this blog, you are probably a “UU leader”: a term that has come to mean not only minister and lay elected officers but just about any one who cares about congregations enough to open the church’s mail. Which is fine, I suppose, if almost self-selecting. And this is the reason I’m […]
Well, with 725 congregations reporting earlier today (and those congregations made up 76.5% of all adult members in last year’s certification) there is a net growth of 543 members, or less than a half percent growth.
There is a bit of confusion in numbers from two federated churches, but that only suggests that they over-reported […]
