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Real #'s- Metropolitan Jonah's Russian Interview - "It is Time to be Direct"

Posted by Fr. David on 5/10/2009, 12:40 am, in reply to "Re: Metropolitan Jonah's Russian Interview - "It is Time to be Direct""

Ouch, Al. The truth hurts. I have long scratched my head at the membership statistics in the GOA, AOA & OCA. I would like to know how many people show up on an "average" Sunday. If we grant the GOA 500 X 549 parishes we have 274,000 members. If we give the Antiochians 150 X 250 parishes we have 37,500 members. Let's give the OCA the same 150 X 600(?) parishes and we end up with 90,000. That gives us a grand total of 401,500 active members. I think I am being more than generous but this gives us, what I believe to be, a fairly realistic picture of US membership. To claim a million (that are in any way active seems to be tops).
Fr. David

Responses:

Re: Real #'s- Metropolitan Jonah's Russian Interview - "It is Time to be Direct" - Al 5/10/2009, 9:31 am
Re: Real #'s- Metropolitan Jonah's Russian Interview - "It is Time to be Direct" - Tom Kanelos 5/10/2009, 8:50 am
- Re: Real #'s- Metropolitan Jonah's Russian Interview - "It is Time to be Direct" - Al 5/10/2009, 10:10 am
  - Re: Real #'s- Metropolitan Jonah's Russian Interview - "It is Time to be Direct" - Dean Calvert 5/10/2009, 3:09 pm

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