MEMBERSHIP STATISTICS. 2003

                     Baptized                         Confirmed                   Associates

             (Total Membership)

Membership, end of 2002                                         1023                                  756             11B, lOC

     Members received during 2003

          By Baptism: children                                   12                                   ‑­

          By Baptism: adults                                       1                                   1

          By Transfer                                                 7                                   5

          By Affirmation of Faith                               14                               14

          By Confirmation: youth                                 ‑‑                                                                                                                                                ‑­

          By Confirmation: adults                                8                                   8

          By Reinstated/Reactivated                           6                                   3

          By With Parents                                          7                                    ‑­

          Baptized youth confirmed in 2003                  ‑‑                                                                                                                                  12

          Adjust                                                         ‑‑                                ‑­

     Total members received                                       + 55                                + 43

          Associate (A)                                                                                                                + IB, 1C

     Members removed during 2003

          By Death                                                    5                                   5

          By Transfer                                                26                               20

          Joined Another Church                                 1                                   1

          To Inactive (by Request)                              9                                   4

     + To Inactive (by Council)                              118                              70

          To Removed (by Request)                           35                               23

     + To Removed (by Council)                              6                                   3

          Adjust

     Total members removed                                      ‑ 200                               ‑ 126

          Associate

Membership, end of 2003                                           878                                 673             12B, 11C

Inactive to Removed: (Not included in count)                 93                                   63

Number of Inactives on Responsibility List :             145                                   82

Number of Households: 418

+ BYLAWS — C 8.05.1 Change in membership status.

b. Members who are able to but do not attend church services and who have not contributed to the congregational treasury according to the congregation's records during the current or preceding year are subject to reclassification as inactive members. If so reclassified, they shall not be counted in the membership statistics of the congregation. However, their names and records shall be kept in the files for a period of two years thereafter. Such persons shall be encouraged to take part in the congregational life, or to transer elsewhere, as appropriate. If they resume activity within this two‑year period, they shall be restored to the active membership list. If not, they may be removed from the membership role of the congregation.

c. Children, neither of whose parents or guardians are active members of the congregation, shall be dropped from the baptized membership roll if they fail to participate in the Christian education program of the congregation.

 

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