I just did a check on the global population. It is currently at 7.5 billion and the annual growth rate is 1.2%. To put that in numbers, that is 90 million people added annually.

We know the church likes to tout 16 million members, but many of us know that number is not true. The true number for active members is likely under 10 million, perhaps its half of that.

So just by normalized population growth, the church continues to be a smaller and smaller number in the big picture scheme of mortals on the planet.

That had been one of the things that caused my shelf to fall. The idea that a perfect, all-knowing, all-powerful God had a gospel plan that failed to influence even 1% of his people. I thought, how could this "perfect" plan of salvation touch so few people? Does every member in good standing truly have to go to the temple and do the work for 1,000 people? What a horribly flawed plan.

But never fear...the board members, er "prophets" and "seers" will tell the world this spring about the amazing growth the church is experiencing. Meanwhile, we know its a farce.



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I think temple attendance is a better metric. TSCC would like to present the best possible statistics, which are derived from membership records.

ChurchCo will always be grounded in their reference to the IMW.

I count NV, WY, UT, ID, AZ as IMW with some spillover in MT & CO. NM? not so much, ha ha.

they have moderate to good influence in the IMW, with some side effects in Cali, lesser in OR,WA.

There is probably no more than 6 million members that go to church frequently. Probably 20% of that group are on pathways heading out of the church.

And global population growth is slowing. ChurchCo's "growth" rate isn't even keeping apace with the decline.

My metro area 1.5 million. My ward supposedly had 300 families as members, around 100 came to services. Percentage of population that belongs to TSCC = miniscule.

and, even ChurchCo families are getting smaller.

Declining birth rates & older marriage ages Aren't what ChurchCo thrives on, > more 'volunteers' needed, more unpaid work being done.



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