Saturday, November 10, 2007

It is NOT about the Property
Commentary by Robin G. Jordan
Saturday, November 10, 2007

Who will really benefit from the property litigation in which a number of dioceses and the national church are now involved? Or the threatened lawsuits against bishops who lead their dioceses out of The Episcopal Church and the departing congregations? Will this litigation really secure the use of church property and other assets for future generations of Episcopalians?

The Episcopal Church has been steadily declining. In the past 6 years TEC has lost 173,002 members, or 7.4%, a loss of 1.2% per year. This amounts to an average loss of 28,834 members per year, or losing a diocese the size of the diocese of Ohio per year. It also amounts to losing an average of 79 members per day. In 2005 the average parish in TEC had 174 members. So this amounts to losing an average parish every two - three days for 6 years.
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