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1657: A Scholarly Defense of Faithful Mormonism - Patrick Mason Pt 2

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Is the Church in Decline in the United States?

S, sociologists have shown that the numbers of people who self identify as members of the church, versus what the church reports, it's much lower. I think growth in the united states is probably flat, probably pretty close to flat,. meaning that if the trends continue, within five, ten, 15 years, the church will actually be in decline in the United States. S, again, we don't have perfect data on that. Yes, my estimates areround forto five million ofactive. Yey. Se, you knot. So fere million? Because four million would be like 25 %. Ye, and tell me if you're if you also have the same sense

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