At least according to a study released Monday by the Pew Report. As Ethics Daily notes

Americans are leaving Baptist churches at nearly twice the rate that others are joining them, according to details of a study released Monday by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.

But it’s not all bad news for Baptists:

Despite their losses, Baptists had one of the highest retention rates of Protestant families. About 60 percent of people raised Baptists did not change from the church of their childhood. The group experiencing the greatest net loss was the Catholic Church. More than 31 percent of U.S. adults said they were raised Catholics, while just under 24 percent identify as Catholics today, a loss of 7.5 percentage points.

And

The study confirmed that the U.S. is on the verge of becoming a minority Protestant country. Protestants account for 51.3 percent of the adult population and 65 percent of Christians in the U.S.

And finally, and interestingly, at least to me

Baptists as a group are 45 percent male and 55 percent female. The gender gap is smaller in the evangelical tradition–48 percent male and 52 percent female–than in the mainline (44 percent male, 56 percent female) or historically black (40 percent male and 60 percent female) traditions.

File all this under ‘things that make you go, hmmmm…’

First, let me point out that overnight we had a bit of snow fall here- an inch as I measured it. And second, let me remind one and all that our snow policy is quite simple- we don’t cancel services.  If members and visitors feel comfortable getting out- we will be here at the regular service time.  If not, that’s up to each one.  Enjoy the day (and the snow, if you like such things).