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Are The "Traditional" Meetings Accomplishing Anything?

By Adam Bartlett

       Let's look at some facts: *(1)

    Hinduism North America 75,000 - - - 1977
    Hinduism North America 88,500 - - - 1981
    Hinduism North America 96,500 - - 1982
    Hinduism North America 1,185,000 - - 1995
    Hinduism North America 1,365,000 - - 1996
    Hinduism North America 1,266,000 - - 1998
    Hinduism North America 1,800,000 - - 2025 (estimated)

    Hinduism has grown in the U.S. at a rate of over 55,000 a year since 1977

    Jehovah's Witnesses USA 10,000 - - - 1925
    Jehovah's Witnesses USA 30,000 - - - 1942
    Jehovah's Witnesses USA 300,000 - - - 1946
    Jehovah's Witnesses USA 500,000 - - - 1975
    Jehovah's Witnesses USA 555,000 - - - 1979
    Jehovah's Witnesses USA 595,309 - - - 1982
    Jehovah's Witnesses USA 643,170 - 1983
    Jehovah's Witnesses USA 804,600 - - - 1988
    Jehovah's Witnesses USA 914,079 - - 1992
    Jehovah's Witnesses USA 966,243 - - 1995
    Jehovah's Witnesses USA 974,719 - - - 1997
    Jehovah's Witnesses USA 1,050,238 - 1998

    Jehovah's Witnesses are growing in the U.S. at a rate of 24,000 a year since 1975

    Jehovah's Witnesses world 90,000 - - - 1927
    Jehovah's Witnesses world 115,000 - - 1942
    Jehovah's Witnesses world 642,000 - -1957
    Jehovah's Witnesses world 884,000 - - 1961
    Jehovah's Witnesses world 1,040,836 - -1965
    Jehovah's Witnesses world 1,650,000 - -1972
    Jehovah's Witnesses world 2,000,000 - -1975
    Jehovah's Witnesses world 2,652,323 - 1983
    Jehovah's Witnesses world 3,000,000 - - 1987
    Jehovah's Witnesses world 3,500,000 - - 1988
    Jehovah's Witnesses world 4,017,213 - - 1990
    Jehovah's Witnesses world 4,278,820 - 1993
    Jehovah's Witnesses world 5,353,078 - - 1997
    Jehovah's Witnesses world 5,888,650 - 1998
    Jehovah's Witnesses world 6,035,564 - 2000

    Jehovah's Witnesses are growing worldwide at a rate of 161,000 a year since 1975

    Satanism USA 15,000 - - - 1972
    Satanism USA 100,000 - - 1982
    Satanism USA 200,000 - - 1998

    Satanism is growing in the U.S. at a rate of over 7,000 a year since 1972

    Wicca USA 20,000 - - - 1972
    Wicca USA 50,000 - - - 1980
    Wicca USA 300,000 - - 1991
    Wicca USA 5,000,000 - 1999

    Wicca showed a staggering rate of explosion from 1991 to 1999 with a growth of over 4,700,000 in an eight year period.

    Buddhism North America 185,250 - - 1981
    Buddhism North America 197,250 - - 1982
    Buddhism North America 920,000 - 1995
    Buddhism North America 2,445,000 - 1998
    Buddhism North America 3,200,000 - 2025 (estimated)

    Buddhism has grown in the U.S. at a rate of nearly 183,000 a year since 1981

    • Mormons have been growing at a steady pace of 1 million every three years since 1985.
    • New Age associated groups are growing at about 50,000 a year.
    • The occult is growing at an estimated 40 to 60,000 a year.
    • The Protestant Church is growing at an estimated whopping 10,000 a year.
    • The Catholic Church is basically at reproductive growth.


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