02-17-2011, 06:05 PM
HELLOOOOOOOOOOOO SOMEONE'S AT THE DOOR! 
SaltLakeTribune:
Churches with firm theologies, door-to-door evangelizing
and high expectations for member involvement continue to grow in the United States, even as mainstream Protestant faiths keep losing members, according to the National Council of Churches.
The Jehovah’s Witnesses remained the fastest-growing denomination, followed by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The Utah-based LDS Church was the fastest growing of the 10 largest faiths.
The Jehovah’s Witnesses, the 20th-largest denomination, swelled by 4.37 percent from 2008 to 2009 for a total of 1,162,686 members, according to numbers reported to the council last year and included in a newly released 2011 yearbook.
The Seventh-day Adventist Church grew by 4.31 percent and moved into the top-25 denominations, with 1,043,606 members.
In Utah, members of both denominations say the most robust growth has been among Spanish-speaking members, including immigrants from Mexico and Central and South America.
“Our person-to-person ministry has a big impact,” said Francisco Montano, a spokesman for Spanish-speaking Jehovah’s Witnesses in northern Utah.
The number of Spanish-language congregations has exploded, Montano said, from one in Ogden 30 years ago to 26 between Logan and Spanish Fork today.
Martin Emslie, pastor of West Jordan Seventh-day Adventist Church, says the number of Spanish speakers has eclipsed English speakers in his faith’s Utah congregations.
SaltLakeTribune:
Churches with firm theologies, door-to-door evangelizing
and high expectations for member involvement continue to grow in the United States, even as mainstream Protestant faiths keep losing members, according to the National Council of Churches.The Jehovah’s Witnesses remained the fastest-growing denomination, followed by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The Utah-based LDS Church was the fastest growing of the 10 largest faiths.
The Jehovah’s Witnesses, the 20th-largest denomination, swelled by 4.37 percent from 2008 to 2009 for a total of 1,162,686 members, according to numbers reported to the council last year and included in a newly released 2011 yearbook.
The Seventh-day Adventist Church grew by 4.31 percent and moved into the top-25 denominations, with 1,043,606 members.
In Utah, members of both denominations say the most robust growth has been among Spanish-speaking members, including immigrants from Mexico and Central and South America.
“Our person-to-person ministry has a big impact,” said Francisco Montano, a spokesman for Spanish-speaking Jehovah’s Witnesses in northern Utah.
The number of Spanish-language congregations has exploded, Montano said, from one in Ogden 30 years ago to 26 between Logan and Spanish Fork today.
Martin Emslie, pastor of West Jordan Seventh-day Adventist Church, says the number of Spanish speakers has eclipsed English speakers in his faith’s Utah congregations.