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In the world of progressive Christianity, two plus two equals five and a circle is indeed a square. Demonstrating their denial of the law of non-contradiction, within the relativistic world of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) or PCUSA, losing almost 90,000 members in a single calendar year is not evidence of a dying denomination; it signals that the denomination is reforming. Losing around six percent of the liberal Presbyterian denomination's membership in twelve months is apparently a good thing, not a bad thing.
In the last four years, the PCUSA has shed around 300,000 members, and the denomination has dipped under 1.5 million members (in 2010, the PCUSA boasted a membership roll of over two million). That's not an insignificant loss of membership. Based on the current pace, the PCUSA will have less than a million members by 2024. If the trend isn't halted, the PCUSA could be nonexistent by mid-century....
https://pjmedia.com/faith/2017/05/29/another-liberal-denomination-is-dying/
In the last four years, the PCUSA has shed around 300,000 members, and the denomination has dipped under 1.5 million members (in 2010, the PCUSA boasted a membership roll of over two million). That's not an insignificant loss of membership. Based on the current pace, the PCUSA will have less than a million members by 2024. If the trend isn't halted, the PCUSA could be nonexistent by mid-century....
https://pjmedia.com/faith/2017/05/29/another-liberal-denomination-is-dying/