Click here to see a pictorial representation of some of the statistics for the parish where the diocese of Upper South Carolina is holding its diocesan convention this fall. You may also be interested to examine the parish website here.
Click here to see a pictorial representation of some of the statistics for the parish where the diocese of Upper South Carolina is holding its diocesan convention this fall. You may also be interested to examine the parish website here.
It looks like the typical rise in plate pledge seen as ASA and membership slowly decline in a moderately large parish over the past decade.
I always like to browse a parish’s library, and they have their catalog on-line which is quite a nice piece of work. Unfortunately for them, they have copies of the following:
“Honest prayer” Author, John Shelby Spong.
“Liberating the Gospels : Reading the Bible with Jewish Eyes: freeing Jesus from 2,000 Years of Misunderstanding” Author, John Shelby Spong.
“Into the Whirlwind : The Future of the Church” Author, John Shelby Spong.
“Jesus : Uncovering the Life, Teachiings, and Relevance of a Religious Revolutionary” by Borg, Marcus J.
“Jesus, A New Vision : Spirit, Culture, and the Life of Discipleship” by Borg, Marcus J.,
“The Last Week” by Borg, Marcus J.,
“Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time : The Historical Jesus & the Heart of Contemporary Faith” by Borg, Marcus J.
“Reading the Bible Again for the First Time : Taking the Bible Seriously but Not Literally” by Borg, Marcus J.
Well spotted UP.
That will do it every time – the theology of Spong and Borg leads inevitably to shrinking, dying churches.
It appears ASA dipped in 2001,2004,2007, and 2010 – the years following General Conventions. Any connection?