06.06.2006
Membership Decline Slowing in German Regional Church
There is a continuing decline in the number of people leaving the Evangelical Church in Württemberg, Germany. The church's provisional statistics indicate that the 9,700 people who submitted their membership resignation from the church in 2005 represent the lowest figure recorded since 1988. In 2004, some 11,500 people left, while in 2003 there were 14,100 recorded departures. In 2004, the church had 2,335,722 members compared with the 2,346,879 recorded for 2003.The number of new members, excluding baptisms, increased from 2,641 in 2004 to more than 2,900 in 2005. The number of baptisms in 2005, especially in view of the ongoing general decline in the birth rate, was 21,300 compared with 22,061 in 2004. (121 words)
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