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I think it's probably fair to say that in Utah, there is fairly strong social pressure to be a member of LDS. (58% of all denominations are LDS) Which gets you
by groby_b 9y ago
I think it's probably fair to say that in Utah, there is fairly strong social pressure to be a member of LDS. (58% of all denominations are LDS) Which gets you as close to a single church as you can be in a democratic society.
Combine that with the fact that LDS always seems to take a very pragmatic approach to things (little "vanity" churches, congregations are need-based), and I wouldn't be surprised if this is a fairly unique outcome.
But... I don't know. And I can't really find much data on income distribution in individual congregations. Well, one paper from Pew, and it confirms that the LDS split is quite close to the national split: http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/10/11/how-income-varies-among-u-s-religious-groups/ http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/10/11/how-income-v...
But still, nothing about how individual congregations sort.
- irrational 9y agoI don't live in Utah (never have). I live in Oregon. But I've also live in Washington, Florida, Indiana, California, Colorado, Texas, and Puerto Rico and I've found that same congregation dynamics in all of those places.