Mormonism on the decline

Originally pulished in the Salt Lake Tribune, this article has some interesting insights into the commonly helf myth about the rapid growth of the Mormon (LDS) church.

Keeping members a challenge for LDS church
Mormon myth: The belief that the church is the fastest-growing faith in the world doesn't hold up.
The claim that Mormonism is the fastest-growing faith in the world has been repeated so routinely by sociologists, anthropologists, journalists and proud Latter-day Saints as to be perceived as unassailable fact.

Mormon portion of Utah population steadily shrinking
Within the next three years, the Mormon share of Utah's population is expected to hit its lowest level since The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints started keeping membership numbers. And if current trends continue, LDS residents no longer will constitute a majority by 2030.

Could this be the reason:

Unintended consequence of church's 'raising the bar'
In October 2002, LDS Apostle M. Russell Ballard told thousands of Mormons at the church's General Conference that the faith was "raising the bar" on missionary standards.
He said nothing about sacrificing quantity for quality.
But two years after that speech, the church's global missionary force has dropped from near 62,000 to about 51,000, a fact that may have contributed to the declining number of new LDS converts from around 300,000 to 241,000 in 2004.

Utah's LDS population shrinking

And finally, maybe a solution would be to marry more wives?  See "Meet the New Neighbors."