If the Mormons, Methodists, and Catholic charters take their tents and go home, it’s good night Gracie!
Faith-Based Chartered Organizations
The 25 faith-based organizations with the largest Scouting youth membership
(Source: 2013 Boy Scouts of America Local Council Index, using December 31, 2013, membership data):
Name of Organization
Total Units
Total Youth
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints*
37,933
437,160
United Methodist Church*
10,703
349,614
Catholic Church *
8,131
259,297
Presbyterian Church *
3,520
119,879
Lutheran Church *
3,728
111,483
Baptist Churches *
3,532
91,526
Episcopal Church *
1,180
41,340
United Church of Christ, Congregational Church
1,154
36,194
Community Churches
1,009
30,114
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
1,083
30,113
Church of Christ*
495
13,559
Evangelical/independent churches
299
7,740
Church of God
207
4,354
Reformed Church in America
124
3,921
Church of the Nazarene
154
3,841
Jewish synagogues and centers*
146
3,268
Church of the Brethren
101
2,614
Islam, Muslim, Masjid*
75
2,226
African Methodist Episcopal*
128
2,053
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
91
2,004
The Salvation Army
101
1,721
Community of Christ
66
1,718
Buddhist Churches of America
69
1,698
Assemblies of God*
91
1,620
Other churches
802
21,804
*Individual fact sheet available
Thanks for the list Rip!
My Lutheran Church/School (LCMS) has already switched to Trail Life USA.
But they won't. The LDS Church has been reaching out to the LGBT activists since 5/23/2013. UT has passed state legislation protecting LGBTs. The UMC is split down the middle on LGBT. It has been dragging its feet, but a schism appears likely in the near future. We have all watched in horror as Pope Francis has danced around the flame of LGBT issues in the RCC. The RCC committee in the U.S. that oversees its BSA affiliation balked at withdrawing from the BSA after 5/232/2015.
If a new membership rule for open adult homosexual leaders is created to give the local chartering institution, i.e., the church, the right to restrict homosexuals from membership, this will also be attacked by the LGBT activists.