http://tatumweb.com/blog/2005/07/26/mormons-church-growth-and-the-global-south/ Pentecostal Rumination and Review Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:20:05 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://tatumweb.com/blog/2005/07/26/mormons-church-growth-and-the-global-south/comment-page-1/#comment-109549 JLFuller Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:58:42 +0000 http://tatumweb.com/blog/?p=14#comment-109549 The drop in Mormon missionaries is probably a good thing from a Mormon perspective. In the past, most young 19 year old LDS men were expected to accept the missionary call. In alarming numbers, many were not ready and were even coerced into accepting by family and friends as a kind of right of passage. Families often regarded the call as a time to grow and develop in the faith, come home, go to college, find the girl they wanted to live with eternally and begin living the American dream. But like most young men, even LDS, some were not ready and were sent home home early often with disastrous and long lasting results. No numbers are publicly available but from a high of 60,000 a few years to 50,000 now surely means the church has been more circumspect in who they extend the call to. That has to be a good thing for young Mormon men who just are not ready to live a responsible adult life preaching the gospel. The drop in Mormon missionaries is probably a good thing from a Mormon perspective. In the past, most young 19 year old LDS men were expected to accept the missionary call. In alarming numbers, many were not ready and were even coerced into accepting by family and friends as a kind of right of passage. Families often regarded the call as a time to grow and develop in the faith, come home, go to college, find the girl they wanted to live with eternally and begin living the American dream. But like most young men, even LDS, some were not ready and were sent home home early often with disastrous and long lasting results. No numbers are publicly available but from a high of 60,000 a few years to 50,000 now surely means the church has been more circumspect in who they extend the call to. That has to be a good thing for young Mormon men who just are not ready to live a responsible adult life preaching the gospel.

]]> http://tatumweb.com/blog/2005/07/26/mormons-church-growth-and-the-global-south/comment-page-1/#comment-29099 Diversity, the Global South, and the Assemblies of God » BlogRodent Sat, 26 Aug 2006 00:56:43 +0000 http://tatumweb.com/blog/?p=14#comment-29099 [...] As I mentioned previously, I believe the US version of the Assemblies of God will soon be facing a challenge to its sense of global centricity due to the growth of the Evangelical church in the global South. (It’s not the international headquarters in Springfield, MO, by the way, just the US headquarters—there is no international authority for the A/G.) [...] [...] As I mentioned previously, I believe the US version of the Assemblies of God will soon be facing a challenge to its sense of global centricity due to the growth of the Evangelical church in the global South. (It’s not the international headquarters in Springfield, MO, by the way, just the US headquarters—there is no international authority for the A/G.) [...]

]]>