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  • Topper
    Pre-Historic Man
    • Nov 2011
    • 11764

    #1

    Comments on Growth Blog entries?

    This afternoon, the Church reported the following statistics as of December 31st, 2013. Membership: 15,082,028 (increase of 299,555 from 2...
    "Guitar groups are on their way out, Mr Epstein."

    Upon rejecting the Beatles, Dick Rowe told Brian Epstein of the January 1, 1962 audition for Decca, which signed Brian Poole and the Tremeloes instead.
  • SCcoug
    Senior Member
    • Nov 2008
    • 7625

    #2
    No comment at this time.

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    • Moliere
      One man.....one pie
      • Oct 2009
      • 27820

      #3
      Looks like there are 31 comments.

      I've only read one comment and it was apologetically great!

      Transition year; lots of energy spent towards the teansition, not the work. 2014 may well be amazing
      Last edited by Moliere; 04-11-2014, 09:33 AM.
      "Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf

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      • Uncle Ted
        The Big 12 money shot.
        • Apr 2010
        • 28853

        #4
        Originally posted by SCcoug View Post
        No comment at this time.
        Yes, there seems to be plenty of comments embedded in the blog entry itself with all kinds of speculation.
        "If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
        "I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
        "Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
        GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

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        • splitbamboo
          Junior Member
          • Apr 2010
          • 130

          #5
          I would comment that the comments are unusually positive and upbeat. Must have a healthy moderation process.

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          • BigPiney
            Huge Member
            • Nov 2008
            • 12333

            #6
            Originally posted by Uncle Ted View Post
            Yes, there seems to be plenty of comments embedded in the blog entry itself with all kinds of speculation.
            A bunch of comments by a former professor of mine.

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            • YOhio
              Hipster Mode
              • Nov 2008
              • 26165

              #7
              My only comment is that no unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing.

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              • snowcat
                Senior Member
                • Jan 2009
                • 1348

                #8
                It looks like the surge in missionaries has resulted in a small improvement in retention.
                One of the grandest benefits of the enlightenment was the realization that our moral sense must be based on the welfare of living individuals, not on their immortal souls. Honest and passionate folks can strongly disagree regarding spiritual matters, so it's imperative that we not allow such considerations to infringe on the real happiness of real people.

                Woot

                I believe religion has much inherent good and has born many good fruits.
                SU

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                • Solon
                  Lost in the flood
                  • Nov 2008
                  • 5747

                  #9
                  Originally posted by snowcat View Post
                  It looks like the surge in missionaries has resulted in a small improvement in retention.
                  Maybe because all of those kids on missions would have gone inactive in college.
                  "More crazy people to Provo go than to any other town in the state."
                  -- Iron County Record. 23 August, 1912. (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lc...23/ed-1/seq-4/)

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                  • HBCoug
                    Peanut Gallery Asshat
                    • Dec 2008
                    • 2082

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Moliere View Post
                    Looks like there are 31 comments.

                    I've only read one comment and it was apologetically great!
                    I immediately thought of you when I read the "income smoothing" comment:

                    I actually made some charts recently on that. It is interesting to see the flux from year to year. It wouldn't surprise me if the church did something the equivalent of how large corporations do "income smoothing," meaning you make great years look good and carry it over for when there is a "meh" year and make that one look better so you get more consistency. I always wonder if they may remove "lost" people more or less depending how the year went in other categories.
                    I'll be disappointed if the church isn't adhering to generally accepted membership principles (GAMP).

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                    • Katy Lied
                      Senior Member
                      • Dec 2008
                      • 9435

                      #11
                      Originally posted by HBCoug View Post
                      (GAMP).
                      cute

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                      • Moliere
                        One man.....one pie
                        • Oct 2009
                        • 27820

                        #12
                        Originally posted by HBCoug View Post
                        I immediately thought of you when I read the "income smoothing" comment:



                        I'll be disappointed if the church isn't adhering to generally accepted membership principles (GAMP).
                        GAAP allows for a lot of the income smoothing that is done
                        "Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf

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