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What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815–1848 is a nonfiction book about the history of the United States written by historian Daniel Walker Howe.
Each Denomination Left Its Own "Growth Strategy" Faster Than a Scalded Dog
A clever fellow has created graphs on the decline of Congregationalists as churches, also as individuals. The United Church of Christ changes were well known 50 years ago, and I saw the similar numbers about Lutherans at an LCA conference.
By the way, ELCA lost half of its population from its merger-mobile - and splendid harmony - with LCMS-WELS-ELS populations.
Guess what? The United Church of Christ shrank from 8,300 congregations in 1957 slithering down to 4,500 in 2020!
UCC membership soared downward from 2.1 million members to 680,000.
Running Out of People -https://www.graphsaboutreligion.com/p/the-united-church-of-christ-is-running