“why people leave the Baptist, independent and SBC”
IIRC, it is because their church doesn’t affect them any more than any other social club. I’m SBC, BTW, although I’d prefer it if your congregation went independent.
I’ve also moved a lot and lived in places where we struggled to find ANY church worth going to. There were time we wondered why. Never ever stopped believing in Jesus, but we lived some places where we couldn’t find a church that really seemed interested in anything beyond keeping pews filled. By any business means necessary.
Should have written “our congregation”, not “your congregation”. Still working on my first cup of coffee.