Some Stats Just Released

My initial thought for the article below is that 2 Timothy 4:3 is coming to pass in front of our very eyes. The evangelical church is getting smaller percentage wise, while the Jehovah's Witnesses are up over 4 percent. If Christians were as zealous for the truth as Jehovah's Witnesses are for their lies we (Christians) could turn the world upside down. Speak the truth in love to Jehovah's Witnesses when they knock on your door or when they are a friend or family member. Below is a portion of the article I mentioned above which I found at http://www.christiannewsheadlines.com (they had the link to the article on ABCNews).

Membership of Jehovah's Witnesses Up, Protestant Down 

By DAN HARRIS and MAGGY PATRICK

America is the most developed nation when it comes to religion. It has a dynamic, competitive religious marketplace --which means it has winners and losers.

According to a report by the National Council of Churches, the biggest losers are the mainstream Protestant churches -- the Presbyterian Church, Methodists and Lutherans are all showing a dip in membership.
While each of them are down just a few percentage points (the data was compiled in 2009 and reported to the council in 2010) the declines have reached into the double digits over the last decade. Some of them are responding with ad campaigns.

The Jehovah's Witnesses, known for their door-to-door preaching, had the largest growth of any single denomination. They believe secular society is corrupt, and that Armageddon is imminent. Famous members include Venus and Serena Williams. Membership shot up 4.37 percent in a year.

Membership in the Mormon Church also went up, by nearly 80,000 members. With famous members like Mitt Romney, Glenn Beck and "Twilight" author Stephanie Meyer, the church is doing more outreach to the mainstream media.


* Links for help with witnessing to Jehovah's Witnesses

• http://www.moriel.org/Discernment/5Q_3_JW/01_Intro.html
• http://www.alwaysbeready.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31
• http://mmoutreachinc.com/jehovahs_witnesses/65%20Questions.html
• http://carm.org/jehovahs-witnesses-and-their-many-false-prophecies
• http://vintage.aomin.org/Witnesses.html
• http://www.gotquestions.org/Jehovahs-Witnesses.html
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQxvWLMfdoM

* Links for helping with witnessing to Mormon's

• http://www.alwaysbeready.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32&Itemid=50
• http://www.gotquestions.org/Mormons.html
• http://www.gotquestions.org/witnessing-Mormons.html
• http://www.christiananswers.net/evangelism/beliefs/mormonism.html
• http://vintage.aomin.org/itestify.html
• http://hismin.com/