- roughly the same size as Buenos Aires, Argentina, or Seóul, South Korea
- larger than Cambodia but smaller than Guatemala.
- would fill 584 Conference Centers
- if you were to count one member every second, it would take roughly six months to count them all.
May 12, 2005
Church Population
Have you ever tried to quantify the membership of the Church to get a better idea of its size? Consider the following thoughts:
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12 million members claimed, but Mormon statistics are notorious in that you're counted as a member even if you haven't been inside a church for 50 years.
6.5 million outside the U.S., at an activity/retention rate of at best 20%, gets you 1.3mm, inside the U.S. (5.5 mm) with an activity/retention rate of at best 35% gets you another 1.9 mm = 3.2 mm active members worldwide.
"12 million members claimed, but Mormon statistics are notorious in that you're counted as a member even if you haven't been inside a church for 50 years."
Uh, yeah. I'm not sure what your point is.
Once you've been baptised as a Mormon, you're a Mormon until you die, are excommunicated or ask for your membership to be removed. Same goes for any other organisation. You join and then remain a member until you withdraw from the organisation or abuse one of its policies.
"6.5 million outside the U.S., at an activity/retention rate of at best 20%, gets you 1.3mm, inside the U.S. (5.5 mm) with an activity/retention rate of at best 35% gets you another 1.9 mm = 3.2 mm active members worldwide."
OK. I do not understand the pint of this information. I don't believe I claimed the 12 million mark was the number of active members.
Additionally, the 20% and 35% figures are speculation since accurate, objective and reliable records are not kept regarding activity rates.
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