{"id":16892,"date":"2015-01-13T14:47:22","date_gmt":"2015-01-13T21:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=16892"},"modified":"2015-01-13T14:47:22","modified_gmt":"2015-01-13T21:47:22","slug":"expert-tracks-the-top-10-ups-and-downs-of-mormon-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2015\/01\/expert-tracks-the-top-10-ups-and-downs-of-mormon-growth.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Expert tracks the top 10 ups and downs of Mormon growth&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16893\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16893\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2015\/01\/caracas-venezuela-808x480-0002093alt.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16893\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2015\/01\/caracas-venezuela-808x480-0002093alt-300x178.jpg\" alt=\"First temple in Venezuela\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16893\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Caracas Venezuela Temple<br>(Click to enlarge.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You may have missed this. \u00a0I think it offers some good material for discussion.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We shouldn\u2019t assume that the Kingdom will roll forth without setbacks and without effort. \u00a0I think we may sometimes be much too complacent. That\u2019s one of the reasons I keep calling for every faithful member to be an active missionary, online and elsewhere. \u00a0The caravan won\u2019t move forward without our hard work.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/lifestyle\/faith\/2007324-155\/expert-tracks-the-top-10-ups\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/lifestyle\/faith\/2007324-155\/expert-tracks-the-top-10-ups<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 You may have missed this. \u00a0I think it offers some good material for discussion. \u00a0 We shouldn\u2019t assume that the Kingdom will roll forth without setbacks and without effort. \u00a0I think we may sometimes be much too complacent. 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