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United Methodist Decline Thread

• UM's Most Traditional Bishop Wishy Washy At Best, Opposes Iraq War, Supports Promotion of Homosexuality, Wishes Official Support Of Abortion Would Go Away - December 7, 2007

  • Unfaithful UM Bishops Want More Power To Reverse The Denominational Decline They Have Caused - June 25, 2007

  • Multi-million Dollar Godless Pro-homosexuality UM Ad Campaign Accelerates Denominational Decline - October 21, 2006

  • Opposition To Public Prayer And Membership Decline Signs of UM Renewal According To Pastor   - August 14, 2006

  • U.S. United Methodist membership drops below 8 million (UMNews) - June 29, 2006

  • Increasingly Homosexualized UM Denomination In US Continues Decline - Bishops To Figure Out Why - April 23, 2006

  • New $1.8 Million UM Christmas Ad Campaign To Sell "Gift" Of Homosexual Diversity - November 15, 2005

  • Annual Conferences Report Greater Decline in Membership - October 10, 2005

  • Madison Avenue Methodism Has Not Stemmed The Tide Of UM Decline - August 31, 2005

  • Church Renewal Activist Doubts New TV Ads Will Help UMC's Dwindling Numbers - August 30, 2005

  • Official UMC Website Data Demonstrates Dismal State of Denomination in America - December 16, 2004

  • UMC Advertising Campaign Targets Increasing Revenue to Pay For Rising Cost Of Sick UM Clergy - September 29, 2004

  • UM Worship and Attendance Figures Continue to Drop - August 22, 2004

  • $33.5 Million More Proposed In New Ads To Maintain UMC Image As A Denomination For Non-churchgoers - February 5, 2004

  • $20 Million UM Ad Campaign Declared Success Because It Combats "Indistinct Positioning" For Disgruntled Church Goers From Other Denominations - Any souls saved, yet? - January 16, 2004

  • UM Bishop Says Declining Membership Due to Drift Away from Pacifism, even thought he Admits that Vast Majority of UM Members are Adverse to Pacifism - October 27, 2003

  • UMC "missing the mark" Discouraging Youth From Joining Christian Organizations In College As Solution To Membership Woes (Commentary) - October 3, 2003

  • UM Board of Higher Education Offers Solution To Church Decline: Discourage UM Students From Joining Christian Organizations On Campus - October 3, 2003

  • Heed Wesley's call to evangelize (Commentary) - September 25, 2003

  • Bishop Explains Good Pastors, Good Consultants And Good Advertising Could Not Reach Surrounding Sea Of Un-Churched - September 18, 2003

  • Christ-less UM TV Ads "open doors, open hearts, open minds" Close Church Doors - September 16, 2003

  • Interim UMC counts show sharp declines (UMReporter) - September 10, 2003

  • UM Denominations Pay Price For Abandoning Evangelism - UM "experts" attribute membership decline to failed human efforts, but maybe it's just God's will - September 10, 2003

  • Evangelical Southern Baptist Membership Reaches All-time High - May 7, 2003

  • UM Church Dying Along With Other Mainline Churches In New York City - May 7, 2003

  • UM Bishop's Council Refuses To Consider Evangelism In Light Of Denominational Decline - May 6, 2003

  • "Form, rather than substance..." (Commentary) - May 3, 2003

  • UM News Service Documents Dying UMC Membership Statistics - May 2, 2003

  • "They don't care if we loose members, in fact, I think that is what they want." - May 1, 2003

  • Episcopal Leadership? (Article) - May 1, 2003

  • UM Pastor Calls for Boston Tea (Apportionments) Party - Will there be revolution by the rank-and-file membership, or will there be mass exodus from the UMC? - April 14, 2003

  • Is United Methodism a dying denomination (Article) - December 4, 2002

  • Efforts To End Membership Decline By Merger With Black Methodists Given "Thumbs Down" By Black Leaders - December 3, 2002

  • UMNews - "Spiritual Unity" Is Just Another Name for "NO Merger" With Black Methodist Denominations - December 3, 2002

  • The Real Story:  UM Membership Declines 43.6% While UMNews Spins Revival - November 22, 2002

  • UMC Membership Statistics Demonstrate Effect of Theological Schism: Evangelical Churches Experience Significant Growth While Liberal Sectors Decline Just imagine the denominational growth if the evangelicals were released from the bondage of the liberal UMC leadership!!! - September 20, 2002

  • Evangelicals Help Pace U.S. Growth in Church Attendance by David Cho

  • Official UM Publication Prints Heavy Criticism And Blame of UMC Liberal Leadership For Decades-long Membership Decline and Inevitable Demise - September 5, 2002

  • March 8, 2001 Conservative Hopes Raise As Liberal Church Declines - March 5, 2001

  • March 8, 2001The South Didn't Rise, The Northeast And West Failed - February 26, 2001

  • Hints Of Division Played Out In UMNews Commentaries Over Perceived "Southern Captivity"- February 24, 2001

  • Southern Captivity? Is the church being dominated by its two Southern jurisdictions?by Davie Burgdorf

  • "Both and..."(Article) - February 6, 2001

  • Southern UM Bishop Solomon Promotes Gospel Of Homosexuality In Arkansas - January 30, 2001

  • Untimely Death Of Bishop May Cause Reconsideration Of Pro-homosexuality Replacement In South - January 26, 2001

    • "Official" Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference 2001 website

  • When you know you're right (Michael's Sword) - November 28, 2000

  • Liberal UMNews Editor Pines Over Growing Influence Of Traditional Methodism In The South- November 28, 2000

  • UMC Membership Decline Shows Positive Trend - July 8, 1999

  • United Methodist Church Declines at a Slower Pace in 1997 - July 7, 1998