Looking strictly at what is printed and what is not in a church magazine, the editorial crew of church publications would much rather devote space in their publications to feature stories and columns, not lists of names, positions, changes on the roster, etc. That information can be easily loaded up to a web site that can be kept current and checked anytime, anywhere, by anyone. It seems the only wrinkle in this story is that, apparently, the information on congregations leaving won't be published until the time for the Churchwide Assembly comes.
But, here's one vote in favor of eliminating the rather tedious routine of publishing all this kind of information in a church magazine. The web would be a much better way to go with this kind of "inside baseball" information.
FWIW.