tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28809213.post5410766462479341133..comments2023-05-16T08:21:43.605-06:00Comments on iMinister: More from the Religious ID SurveyChristine Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02291622244158872449noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28809213.post-30399706496819719602012-07-31T12:48:17.783-06:002012-07-31T12:48:17.783-06:00I think point #5 is immensely important. Making sp...I think point #5 is immensely important. Making spouses feel welcome (outreach) should be on every congregation's radar. It isn't enough that UU's non-doctrinal core makes it easier for split-faith households to pick UUism. If you build it, they will come couldn't be farther from the truth. Spouses with a different faith could be an entire ministry. Consider - if this sample holds up in the general population - that since there are many member married couples in UU congregations, that a great many of the non-member self-identifiers have a spouse of a different faith. Reaching all of them could increase membership by 20% to 30% I would guess. <br /><br />Think how much more energy is needed for regular attendance, volunteering, donating, any type of involvement etc. for split-faith spouses.Mark Ericksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12604074895219791713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28809213.post-83715525467237100012012-07-23T10:00:01.269-06:002012-07-23T10:00:01.269-06:00I think people looking at outreach towards the ...I think people looking at outreach towards the 'nones' need to think about this one. If 'nones' are UUs on the path alway from us, why bother? They're lost to us.<br /><br /><i>This study estimates that there are 100,000 people in the US who used to be UU’s but who are now something else, mostly, none. (so the old joke about how Unitarian Universalism is a way station between the Mainline and the Golf Course seems to be true.) </i>Bill Baarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07095486926836836714noreply@blogger.com