Comments on: Mormon Membership in Utah http://www.asoftanswer.com/2008/01/17/mormon-membership-in-utah/ an unseemly mix of politics and Mormonism Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:07:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: David H. Sundwall http://www.asoftanswer.com/2008/01/17/mormon-membership-in-utah/comment-page-1/#comment-3203 David H. Sundwall Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:30:19 +0000 http://www.asoftanswer.com/2008/01/17/mormon-membership-in-utah/#comment-3203 Clark, That may explain it. As the previous releases state, the Church's attitude is to be as inclusive as possible when considering membership as its a dynamic process over one's lifetime. Clark,

That may explain it.

As the previous releases state, the Church’s attitude is to be as inclusive as possible when considering membership as its a dynamic process over one’s lifetime.

]]> By: Clark Goble http://www.asoftanswer.com/2008/01/17/mormon-membership-in-utah/comment-page-1/#comment-3201 Clark Goble Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:22:56 +0000 http://www.asoftanswer.com/2008/01/17/mormon-membership-in-utah/#comment-3201 They are probably measuring different things. The church typically measures members of record. So unless you are excommunicated or ask to have your name removed the Church considers you Mormon. The SLT is probably talking about self-identification. That is do you consider yourself Mormon. So there is about 10% of the Utah population that are still technically members but who don't consider themselves members. That's actually a surprisingly small number, all things considered. Of course there is then the number who aren't even remotely active and who are very nominally Mormon. They are probably measuring different things. The church typically measures members of record. So unless you are excommunicated or ask to have your name removed the Church considers you Mormon. The SLT is probably talking about self-identification. That is do you consider yourself Mormon.

So there is about 10% of the Utah population that are still technically members but who don’t consider themselves members. That’s actually a surprisingly small number, all things considered.

Of course there is then the number who aren’t even remotely active and who are very nominally Mormon.

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