Pentecostals, Mormons and Jehovah’s Witnesses gained ground, mainline churches continued to decline and growth in the largest two denominations — Roman Catholics and Southern Baptists — remained stagnant, according to new statistics compiled by the National Council of Churches (NCC). The 2011 Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches contains few surprises, with growing churches continuing to grow and churches that…
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