Is Orthodox Christianity Growing In America. New! In the wider Orthodox world, the Patriarchate of Alexandria is g

New! In the wider Orthodox world, the Patriarchate of Alexandria is growing rapidly in Sub-Saharan Africa, Russia is doing a lot of work in SE Asia, the Greek Church has had a huge number of converts in Guatemala/Central America. Jul 28, 2012 ยท In North America the Orthodox churches claim upward of 4 million adherents, of whom perhaps only 1. The Assembly of Bishops Research Coordinator, Alexei Krindatch, has prepared a range of reports on Orthodox Christianity in America. [65] It seems the evangelicals are going nuts while the Orthodox Church is not only not growing, but losing members. The Rev. Rather, Orthodox Christians in North America focuses specific attention and reflection on the institutional, social, and theological history of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) as the paradigm for much of the Orthodox experience in North America. I can’t find the sources at the moment, but I believe that the OCA or Antioch released interior data which suggests that half of all converts leave within 5 years - Orthodoxy within America is in a war of attrition. In the last four years, the number of members of Orthodox churches in America has grown from 700,000 to 6 million. I cautiously anticipate (and fervently pray for) a slow but steady rise in not only the number of parishioners, but in the level to which Orthodox Christians truly participate in the life of the Church. ” Did Orthodoxy in America grow from 250k to 2 million in just six years? No way.

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