I think sides are being chosen.
I used to find it odd that bible prophesy seemed to suggest both a revival AND a falling away in the last days. But that is exactly what we are seeing. This hits especially close to me because of my conversion from ECT to CI
ECT: Eternal Conscious Torment of the lost
CI: Conditional Immortality - The lost are destroyed, killed, cease to exist at the second death.
Thing is, as CI virtually completely takes over (and I believe it will), those people “warming church pews” because they are scared to death of Pascal’s Wager will be free to be who they really are. They will leave the church. Though this means fewer people will claim to be Christian, purging this impurity from the church will significantly strengthen it.
False teaching always has a following. This also weakens the Church.