Comments on: 2010 UUA certification numbers online http://uugrowth.com/2010/02/03/2010-uua-certification-online/ Resources for growing Unitarian Universalist congregations Tue, 08 May 2012 16:20:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Robin Edgar http://uugrowth.com/2010/02/03/2010-uua-certification-online/#comment-402 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:26:20 +0000 http://uugrowth.com/?p=1082#comment-402 You’re welcome Peter.

]]> By: Peter Bowden http://uugrowth.com/2010/02/03/2010-uua-certification-online/#comment-398 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:26:56 +0000 http://uugrowth.com/?p=1082#comment-398 Robin, thank you for the links.

]]> By: Robin Edgar http://uugrowth.com/2010/02/03/2010-uua-certification-online/#comment-397 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:24:07 +0000 http://uugrowth.com/?p=1082#comment-397 It might interest you to know that I had a hand in persuading the UUA to update its old membership statistics available online in a PDF file which presented UUA membership statistics from 1961 through to 1999-2000.

http://www.uua.org/documents/finadvisor/000101_uuastats.pdf

The new PDF file which provides updated membership statistics, albeit with some categories of information removed, is available here -

http://www.uua.org/documents/info/uua_membership_stats.pdf

It shows a steady decline in RE enrolments amongst other interesting data.

]]> By: Peter Bowden http://uugrowth.com/2010/02/03/2010-uua-certification-online/#comment-393 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:38:33 +0000 http://uugrowth.com/?p=1082#comment-393 There is no doubt that clear and easily accessible data makes the reality of the UUA’s health & growth (or lack there of) more apparent. My position continues to be that no matter how hard it is to face the trends, we need to be honest, face the facts whatever they are, and be transparent.

]]> By: Robin Edgar http://uugrowth.com/2010/02/03/2010-uua-certification-online/#comment-392 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:34:43 +0000 http://uugrowth.com/?p=1082#comment-392 “Why not have the data interface do this for us?”

Presumably because the UUA don’t want to make it all *that* easy for people to see just how tiny and declining Unitarian*Universalist religious community really is these days. . .

I take note of the fact that fewer than 980 congregations are listed, even though the UUA officially claims about 1050 congregations. Sure that low number may be due to 70 or so UU congregations failing to certify prior to the February 2010 deadline but who is to say that the UUA did not actually lose a number of congregations in 2009?

]]> By: Peter Bowden http://uugrowth.com/2010/02/03/2010-uua-certification-online/#comment-391 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:17:24 +0000 http://uugrowth.com/?p=1082#comment-391 Thanks Ron!

]]> By: Ron http://uugrowth.com/2010/02/03/2010-uua-certification-online/#comment-390 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:37:03 +0000 http://uugrowth.com/?p=1082#comment-390 Some previous year data from 2009 and 2008 available here, Peter… http://faithofthefree.informe.com/forum/2009-congregational-numbers-dt1814.html?

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