Nah, what's getting the PCA membership's goat is
2011 Church Membership: Southern Baptists Decline; Jehovah Witnesses, Mormons Increase which said that The Church posted a .57 growth at 68.5 million members.
And this interesting bit of information:
| |
2009 membership |
2010 membership |
Lost |
Gained |
| PCUSA |
2,934,952 |
2,844,952 |
90,000 |
|
| PCA |
2,934,952 |
340,000 |
|
5,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disappearing Presbyerians |
84,500 |
|
84,500 Presbyterians leave Presbyterianism for good. The PCA may say it's growing at 1.5%, but that's only 5,500 persons -- the rest of the Presbyterians leave forever, many leaving Christianity. So, even if the PCA keeps growing, the number of Presbyterians will drop
And the PCA will head for it's split soon -- it's inevitable in the Presbyterian world.