When i hear a phrase like 'maybe mainstream church is right on track', i can't help but at least giggle.
Moreso, when a friend showed me this article about the Swedish church. In the past ten years 11.6% of the nation's people (that's about one in 9 Swedes) have left the church. 73,400 of those left in 2009 alone. When interviewed, the spokesman for the Church of Sweden expects a similar reduction over the next ten years.
It reminds me of a satirical article on LarkNews, about a denomination launching an "ambitious plan to lose only 5% of members". Other than a slight percentage discrepancy, it seems the only difference is that the Swedish one isn't meant as a joke!
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