Church Membership / The Revised Standard Version of the Bible / From the Synods / Presbyterian USA

The Christian Herald, a liberal religious magazine, recently conducted another annual survey of church membership. The following figures are presented: Church membership in the United States rose to 85,705,290 in 1950, a record -- making 55.9 percent of the population. The total membership was up 2,950, 987 over the previous year. Lest you should become too joyful, however, we would point out that included in these membership rolls are many churches that we could not even honor with the name...