While numbers don’t paint the whole picture they do paint a picture. Here are some interesting recent numbers from St. Andrew’s:
Money raised in the past few weeks for Haiti: $23,000
Two full-time missionaries sent yesterday to the Diocese of Masindi, Uganda. That now gives us 7 full-time missionaries overseas raised up and released in the past 7 years and 4 missionaries committed to multiple short-term medical mission placements each year.
We are sponsoring 6 seminarians in Uganda. Additionally, we have 3 of our own in seminary right now and 4 more in discernment processes.
2009 year-end numbers:
Baptisms: 64
Confirmed/Received: 140
Weddings: 25
Deaths: 10
We also had 40-some adults interested in joining St. Andrew’s pending the outcome of our parish discernment process.
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64 baptism… of those, how many were children and how many adults?
Hey Greg,
18 adults. And, while I understand your question regarding adult vs. child baptisms I don’t find the distinction, in this region of the country, anyway, all that significant. We don’t live in an unchurched region of the country. The strength of the mainline churches, for the most part, remains, and thus, a substantial number of people in our communities were baptized as children.
Of equal significant to me are acts like confirmation. Why? Unlike local non-denom churches/other more protestant churches that do no recognize infant baptism and so baptize (officially) adults making a profession of faith, we (Anglicans) do recognize infant baptism. And so, some kind of service – confirmation or other – at which adults can make a public profession of faith is, to me, a significant factor that is not considered when simply measuring adult baptisms.
Practical example, I’ve prayed with 6 adults just since Christmas to receive Christ. All were baptized as children.
23K for Haiti is definitely something for which to be very thankful. I replugged back into the news last night to watch what has been going on…unbelievably sad.
Actually, Fr. Steve, your “40-some” figure is lower than you know. I know of several, who are waiting with heads down for the opportunity to join with St. Andrews in ACNA. They are just NOT making any noise about it.
Blessings!
As one of the 140 confirmed/received into the Church in 2009, I am thankful for St. Andrew’s witness to the community and the world. I am humbled by the Godly folks I meet every day here. I agree the numbers don’t paint the whole picture, but they are telling of the effect of a parish placing Christ at the head and following Him.