Is your ward growing or shrinking

[falisrm]

I'm creating a survey or study to know how your ward is doing statistically. Is it growing with members and baptisms or is it shrinking?

[Steven22]

My ward is shrinking. Everybody is moving out because the cost of living in my area is expensive. Missionary work in the area is going very slow.

[mike_uk]

My wife tells me it's shrinking for various reasons.

[miztrniceguy]

seems to be growing...people moving in.

[lilered]

Growing - Our ward has been split twice in 8 years and is almost ready to split again.

[Palerider]

I believe there is a thread about this already.....2-3 pages long and full of research material....you can send me my check later...:)

[mightynancy]

Our stake is shrinking by about 100 people a year.

[Traveler]

My ward has been shrinking. It is a Utah ward in a upscale neighborhood. At one time we had 20 missionaries serving. We now have 5. It is not that we have had families move away as it is that we have had families not move away. Because Utah wards cover a small area and because most families in the neighborhood are members there is not a lot of turnover. I use to attend with my wife and 5 children - my children are now married or at school. I am an "empty nester". So are at least half the families. We have become a ward of grandparents.

The traveler

[StrawberryFields]

My ward is shrinking much like travelers. They are getting older and shorter too.

[Moksha]

I keep wondering why the three wards that go to my stake center to don't consolidate into two wards instead, due to shrinking numbers.

[california_ave]

Stagnant. My local observation is consistent with what Pew has reported for US: less than 1% growth.

[robspectre]

Im in a small branch. Seems to be growing but slow. One step at a time I suppose.

[Maya]

My ward is growing. It is close to workingplaces so people move in to work here around. How ever this IS a VERY expencive neibourhood to live in. Cant get a house under 580.000$ or nothing else under 350.000$.

Worst is you cant move to country as it is such a long way to church. 1 hours dirve houses would be around 250.000$... GOD houses and you might get something with 150.000$.

The ward I moved here from some 20 years a go was a brand new ward with hardly enough people. Now there is two all too big wards there. One has 72 kids in it!

[Guest HEthePrimate]

It's kind of hard to tell about my ward. It's in a constant state of flux because of the student population. However, we did have a baptism last Saturday, and people keep having babies, so my guess would be that it's slowly growing.

[mountainrider]

Definitely shrinking.......our whole Stake is shrinking. People wanting to bail out of Commiefornia........including myself

[LogansMommy]

not growing or shrinking... staying the same...

[NateHowe]

Our ward is losing some to move-outs, and replacing them as fast as possible with births.