http://drl2.com/blog/2008/01/godlessness-by-the-numbers/ Infinite Monkeys, Infinite Keyboards Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:17:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://drl2.com/blog/2008/01/godlessness-by-the-numbers/#comment-15 don Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:04:23 +0000 http://www.drl2.com/blog/?p=95#comment-15 Thanks, will take a look at that book. Thanks, will take a look at that book.

]]> http://drl2.com/blog/2008/01/godlessness-by-the-numbers/#comment-14 the chaplain Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:47:08 +0000 http://www.drl2.com/blog/?p=95#comment-14 A good number of the people who attend megachurches are actually "transfers" out of other congregations rather than new converts. Thus, megachurch membership is growing while mainstream denominations' membership is shrinking. You may be interested in reading <em>Shopping for God</em>, by James Twitchell. It's an interesting study of the relationship between consumerism and church attendance in the USA. He includes quite a lot of information about megachurches. A good number of the people who attend megachurches are actually “transfers” out of other congregations rather than new converts. Thus, megachurch membership is growing while mainstream denominations’ membership is shrinking. You may be interested in reading Shopping for God, by James Twitchell. It’s an interesting study of the relationship between consumerism and church attendance in the USA. He includes quite a lot of information about megachurches.

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