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Southern Baptist decline continues, denomination has lost more than 2 million members since 2006
By Bob Smietana — May 21, 2021
NASHVILLE (RNS) — Baptisms dropped to the lowest point since the great influenza pandemic of 1918 and 1919.
A church closes, but where does its pipe organ go?
By Holly Meyer — May 5, 2017
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A glut of organs up for grabs is in part a consequence of declining church membership across denominations.
Organists declining but still in demand for Easter
By Adelle M. Banks — April 13, 2017
(RNS) One organist had to decline three out of four invitations to play the instrument on Easter Sunday: 'I simply can only sit on one organ bench at a time.'
Missouri Synod set for fight over who should preach to Lutherans
By guest — May 24, 2016
HAMEL, Ill. — While the pool of men answering the call to enter seminary has shrunk in recent decades, some want to enforce higher standards on ministers who aren’t ordained.
Episcopal Presiding Bishop Michael Curry recovering from surgery
By Adelle M. Banks — December 9, 2015
(RNS) The medical setback for the church’s leader comes as the 1.9 million-member faith group faces new statistics indicating its continuing slide in membership and participation.
Southern Baptists meet as membership, baptism decline continues
By Adelle M. Banks — June 4, 2014
(RNS) All three of the candidates for Southern Baptist Convention president have ideas about overcoming the malaise in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination.
Church of England Sunday attendance continues downward slide
By Trevor Grundy — March 21, 2014
(RNS) The report shows that on average in 2012, 800,000 adults, or 2 percent of the adult population, attended church on Sunday. That’s down from 1.6 million Sunday worshippers in 1968.
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