The Mainstream Protestant "Decline": The Presbyterian Pattern (Presbyterian Presence: The Twentieth Century Experience)
This volume in the "Presbyterian Presence" series provides background information on membership trends since colonial America and then studies results from congregational surveys and individual interviews, as well as information from case studies and research on denominational defection. Repeatedly, the editors find unintended and even paradoxical results from human actions: they therefore call for deeper appreciation for the unity of the church. Recommended for clergy, sociologists of religion, and for laypersons concerned with church growth, membership retention, and clergy hiring.Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.