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I just came across this article: The Jehovah's Witnesses are (or report to be...) growing at an incredible rates.
Religious News
Feb. 19 , 2008
Jehovah's Witnesses fastest-growing of U.S. faiths
By BRITTANI HAMM
c. 2008 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) Jehovah's Witnesses are
the fastest-growing church body in the U.S.
and Canada, now with more
than 1 million members, according to new figures that track church membership
in the U.S. and Canada.
Although Jehovah's Witnesses ranked 24th on the list of 25
largest churches, they reported the largest growth rate -- 2.25 percent -- of
all churches. The badly divided Episcopal Church, meanwhile, reported the
largest drop, at 4.15 percent.
The Roman Catholic Church, with 67.5 million members,
remains the largest U.S.
church body, with a 2006 increase of 0.87 percent. The second largest church,
the Southern Baptist Convention (16.3 million) has more than twice the number
of members as the United Methodist Church,
the third largest, which documented 7.9 million U.S. members.
Only the Jehovah's Witnesses, the Catholic Church, Southern
Baptists, Mormons, the Assemblies of God (2.8 million) and the African
Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (1.4 million) reported increases; all others
either posted declines or flat membership from 2005.
Here in our neck of the woods they are a huge reality. The Lord has given me a burden for them and I'm thankful to be able to meet with some of them to talk about Jesus. Pray that God would reach out to some among their group for His Glory.
Otherwise our life and ministry continues forward. My parents were here to visit last week, and we had a really great time with them. I just realized that I hadn't posted some of the pictures from Debby's 30th b-day party so some of those are up. We'll be in touch soon, thanks for your interest in our family and the Mission here in Italy.
Keith
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