According to "The People's Religion", from the Gallup organization, here are changes in percent of U.S. Population Bapt. Methodist Presby. Catholic Lutheran Episc. 87 20 9 6 3 2 28 80 19 10 6 4 2 28 69 20 14 7 6 3 26 67 21 14 7 6 3 25 The fastest growing groups seem to be evangelical churches. From 1973 to 1983: S. Baptist: 12.2M to 14.1M, +15% Mormons: 2.6M to 3.6M +40% Assemblies of God: 1.1M to 1.9M +71% 7th Day Advent: 464K to 624K +34% Church of Nazarene: 418K to 508K +22% What's worse for the "mainline" churches is the percentage of young adults, assuming this indicates the future: church total 18-29 Catholic 28 31 none 9 13 Baptist 20 21 Methodist 9 6 Lutheran 6 4 Episcopal 2 1 Presbyterian 4 2 UCC 2 1 Christian 2 2 Gallup, and others I've seen predict a continuing contraction of the "mainline" churches, and growth in both Catholics and evangelicals, including Mormons.