Membership declined after the group had to stop the practice.

Membership declined following the close of the hospital in 1990.

At that time, membership had declined from 851 to 615 over the course of 36 months.

Membership, however, declined, with only 112 church members in 1981.

Membership reached 300 by the end of the 1950s, but declined during the 1970s to below 200.

Membership declined even further and by 1968 stood at 268 compared with over 1700 members in 1899.

By 1990 its membership had declined to less than a thousand.

In 1922 the union gathered 720,000, but membership later declined.

However, in recent times membership has declined and campaign costs have grown.

Officials say they are uncertain why the membership is declining.