Posted on 03/07/2005 8:32:45 PM PST by quidnunc
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Amen.
Geeze who would a thunk it. Think there's a message there that might get through the secularist Pharisees and Sagisees?
Preach true Christianity in England and get arrested for a hate crime..
Preach hate filled anti Christian anti semite Islam or Pro sodomite pedophile Pagan witchcraft and get your own tv special
imo
"The results of the year-long survey of 14,000 UK residents by the interdenominational Ecumenical Research Committee has been called ‘surprising’ by mainstream secular and Christian media. The overwhelming response is to call on churches “to robustly defend moral values with conviction and courage and cease being ‘silent’ and ‘lukewarm’ in the face of moral and social collapse.”
Even here in my neck of the woods--northern Illinois-- those churches with a reputation for taking the Gospel seriously are bursting at the seams with new members, while the old luke-warm mainline denominations mainly cater to the elderly who grew up in their churches and who couldn't possibly entertain the idea of going somewhere else...
If you stand for nothing, nothing will happen.
Even here in my neck of the woods--northern Illinois-- those churches with a reputation for taking the Gospel seriously are bursting at the seams with new members, while the old luke-warm mainline denominations mainly cater to the elderly who grew up in their churches and who couldn't possibly entertain the idea of going somewhere else...
The MSCs are finding empty pews, while Gospel preaching mega-churches are standing room only. They can't build them fast enough.
So the usual line that America is a more religous country than European countries may be false?
ping
We have changed our parish for exactly this reason. We leave feeling spiritually satisfied and fulfilled.
What an awesome feeling!
Thanks for this post.
I only hope my former pastor in Phoenix
could see this.
could be.
The pews are not empty in Africa and China. In fact, there are no pews in China, because the churches meet in homes due to the communist government persecution of anyone who does not attend the "Three Self PAtriotic Movement" church, or the national bogus facade church.
Asia and Africa are leading Christianity today as Europe whithers, heaves and dies.
INTREP - ISCHABOD
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Wow...This explains a LOT. What a great survey!
You can say that again! Same in the US! WOuldn't want to preach against homos or abortion..might offend some collection plate doners.
Far, far, far too true!
I think you ladies might be interested in this article, if you haven't already read it...
"London – With Christian moral values and legal protections under assault on all sides, it is commonly said that the reason pews are emptying is that traditional religion is not relevant. A new survey of thousands of churchgoers in the UK says the opposite however, and indicates that the emptying of the churches has been caused mainly by preaching and pastoral care that has been emptied of moral or doctrinal Christian content."
Indeed. Thanks for the ping!
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