The Decline of Decline? Alarming Rate of Mainline Protestants Leaving Church May Be Slowing Down

There has been a lot of attention paid lately to the alarming numbers of a decreasing membership in mainline Protestant denominations in the United States in recent years.

Denominations like The Episcopal Church and Presbyterian Church (USA) have annually reported losses in membership and attendance figures for their churches.

However, the denominations are not losing members at as high of rates as in 2013, according to their spokespeople. Read more

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