The Mainstream Protestant "Decline": The Presbyterian Pattern (The Presbyterian Presence) - Softcover

 
9780664251505: The Mainstream Protestant "Decline": The Presbyterian Pattern (The Presbyterian Presence)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0664251501 ISBN 13: 9780664251505
Publisher: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1990

Synopsis

The meaning of the declining membership in mainline Protestant denominations has been hotly contested since the 1960s. Drawing on statistical analysis of membership trends, congregational surveys, individual interviews, research on disaffiliation, and case studies of congregations and presbyteries, this volume examines patterns and causes of congregational growth and decline in the Presbyterian church.

Through its examination of American Presbyterianism, the Presbyterian Presence series illuminates patterns of change in mainstream Protestantism and American religious and cultural life in the twentieth century.

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About the Authors

Milton J. Coalter is Library Directorand William B. and Mildred L. Nivison Professor at Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education in Richmond, Virgina. He is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

John M. Mulder was formerly President and Professor of Historical Theology at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He is the author of several books on Presbyterian history.

Louis B. Weeks is President Emeritus of Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education in Richmond, Virginia.

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Publisher
Westminster/John Knox Press
Publication date
1990
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0664251501
ISBN 13 
9780664251505
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
285
Editor
Coalter Milton J., Mulder John M., Weeks Louis B.