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In my home town, the UMC was the "fun activities" church, always good for a ski outing or a trip to some attraction. In that particular case, the congregation drifted into a post-Christian tar pit as members rationalized their kids' aberrations. One kid dodged the draft, so suddenly his parents made a big deal about pacifism. Another kid got into the drug scene and his parents became strident dope legalizers. Then some kids came out of the closet and their parents just had to insist - at the top of their lungs - that homosexuality was good. By the time they started shedding members, there was nothing too whacked-out for the place to embrace on behalf of some twit trying to justify the predilection of their kid or grandchild.

"My kid can do no wrong, and I'll deny the Bible if I have to!"

To be fair, as time passed they also had an increasingly apostate parade of pastors from the seminaries. As of 2024, they can fit the entire attendance of a normal Sunday service in a school bus and still have room for a couple of obese drag queens... and are as self-righteous and smug in their "tolerance" as they can be.

In my home town, the UMC was the "fun activities" church, always good for a ski outing or a trip to some attraction.

Sadly, that describes a lot of Evangelical churches when I was growing up. Vacation Bible School has become “big business” with massive layouts, bounce houses and rides, and other attractions. Instead of it being for children of members, churches advertise to try to attract non-members. Some churches even CHARGE for it.

The United Methodist Church where we now live was the largest church. It just split because 40% didn’t want the promotion of homosexuality. The spin off is doing great.