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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If the Synod forces Episcopalian Churches to abandon gay parishioners, the Church in the US dies. Conservatives have already left and been replaced by socially liberal christians looking for a more welcoming church. Loose them, and you don't have much left [/quote]

There already isn't much left. Episcopal church numbers have been dwindling for years. Lots of parishes have been shuttered.[/quote]

Meh. Big city diocese are doing as well as other denominations. My parents’ diocese in the south has 70 churches, with several with over 2,000 active members.

And yeah, this means nothing to ECUSA. The Anglican Communion can’t afford to sever ties with the American church. Those beautiful cathedrals and churches in England are attended by tiny smatterings of very old people and they’re kept alive through bequests. The Episcopal Church isn’t the Catholic Church and the Archbishop of Canterbury isn’t the Pope.[/quote]

I'm truly glad for your parents' diocese, but TEC is hemorrhaging members. If wikipedia is correct, it has shed almost 1.5 million members in about a decade. It's not even among the top ten protestant churches in the US. [/quote]

Religious membership in generally has been plummeting - down 20% since 2000 across all denominations/faiths.[/quote]

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