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Comments: Yes 2/3 of the church is inactive and about 1/3 of them the church does not know where they are. Convert baptisms have fallen since 1997, so much of the growth is through births. In fact the church membership is shrinking, according to the new poll on religion in the US where people polled asked what church they affiliate with. This means that many have gone inactive and left the church, but they are still recorded as members.
See article: "Keeping Mebers a Challenge for LDS Church." Peggy Fletcher Stack. The Salt Lake Tribune. June 22, 2006. Salt Lake City, Utah

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Many years ago when I was in YW, one of our leaders told us about how much the membership was declining, it's a little concerning. Thanks for those statistics Dough.

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LDS Church among largest, growing U.S. Churches

With its headquarters in Salt Lake City, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reported 6,058,907 members in the U.S. And Canada, fourth-most in the yearbook's Top 25 listing of the largest national churches but well behind the 68.5 million Catholics accounted for in North America. Ref. Source 8

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On Faith Blog: Mormons - Not necessarily who you think they are


Salt Lake City | 2011-08-05 | Although many people think of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as Caucasians from Utah, the reality is that the Churchs membership profile is changing rapidly as it expands worldwide.
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I like the way they showed the different languages but instead of putting 8% as other it would have been nice to see what made up that 8%.

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Religion census reveals substantial LDS growth

The findings, released today in Chicago during the annual meetings of the Associated Church Press, show that while Catholic churches reported a 5 percent decline in membership during the decade that ended in 2010 and mainline Christian denominations reported a 12.8 percent decline during the same time period, the LDS Church reported growth of 45.5 percent. Ref. Source 8

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LDS Church membership reaches 15 million

"I am happy to announce that two weeks ago the membership of the church reached 15 million," President Monson said. "The Church continues to grow steadily and to change the lives of more and more people every year. It is spreading across the earth as our missionary force seeks out those who are searching for the truth." Ref. Source 9

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What I don't get is why the emphasis on the number of members when a good chunk of that number really don't even attend church.