American Christianity faces dramatic change

[guno]

Just look at any Sunday , people are doing things other then going to churches, stores are open , even in the bible belt blue laws are being done away with

Churches are closing more and more often. For a time it seemed like it was the liberal and mainline churches who were being abandoned, but the conservative churches are facing the same trend. Yes, some churches here and there are dong well, but in general, in our society, churches are becoming more and more irrelevant and the biggest growth demographic is the “nones” — those with no affiliation.

American Christianity faces dramatic change

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Yawn.....Guano's nearing 1,000 threads of this nonsense

 

[Harry Dresden]

Just look at any Sunday , people are doing things other then going to churches, stores are open , even in the bible belt blue laws are being done away with

Churches are closing more and more often. For a time it seemed like it was the liberal and mainline churches who were being abandoned, but the conservative churches are facing the same trend. Yes, some churches here and there are dong well, but in general, in our society, churches are becoming more and more irrelevant and the biggest growth demographic is the “nones” — those with no affiliation.

American Christianity faces dramatic change

so will i see you at mass tomorrow guno?....

 

[Unkotare]

American Christianity faces dramatic change and USMB faces more pointless troll threads from Batshit Boy the filthy racist bigot.

 

[Penelope]

Well its true, the mega churches are now taking over, they are not worship churches but mainly "be happy " , like the feel good preacher,Joel Olsten, who is laughing all the way to the bank I'm sure. Spending most of my years as RC, I do not see these as churches, but more like a mass meeting for a shrink and pay on the way out.

There is a woman, Joyce Meyers who prances on stage and well is probably worth millions now. I need to bring up that Benny Hin, these people who prey on the ignorant are disgusting and all three I mentioned are not churches and need to pay taxes.

So of course its true, Christianity is changing in the US.

 

[Meriweather]

Just look at any Sunday , people are doing things other then going to churches, stores are open , even in the bible belt blue laws are being done away with

Churches are closing more and more often. For a time it seemed like it was the liberal and mainline churches who were being abandoned, but the conservative churches are facing the same trend. Yes, some churches here and there are dong well, but in general, in our society, churches are becoming more and more irrelevant and the biggest growth demographic is the “nones” — those with no affiliation.

A well-loved parable among Christians is the one of Christ saying, "I am the vine and you are the branches." Vines that do not remain in Christ, do not bear fruit, and they are pruned away. Ironically, vines that do remain in Christ are also pruned so that they may produce more abundant fruit.

Some of the branches in Christianity are not producing the fruit Jesus grafted: That of loving one another as ourselves--and remaining one as he and the Father are one. Jesus spoke of repentance for the forgiveness of sin--of turning from sin to doing the will of God.

So, as we watch the pruning and see "no affiliation" grow, we might also turn our eyes to the more abundant, healthier fruit produced by those Christians who do remain close to Christ, working to become one with each other--just as Christ remains at one with the Father.

 

[there4eyeM]

Just look at any Sunday , people are doing things other then going to churches, stores are open , even in the bible belt blue laws are being done away with

Churches are closing more and more often. For a time it seemed like it was the liberal and mainline churches who were being abandoned, but the conservative churches are facing the same trend. Yes, some churches here and there are dong well, but in general, in our society, churches are becoming more and more irrelevant and the biggest growth demographic is the “nones” — those with no affiliation.

A well-loved parable among Christians is the one of Christ saying, "I am the vine and you are the branches." Vines that do not remain in Christ, do not bear fruit, and they are pruned away. Ironically, vines that do remain in Christ are also pruned so that they may produce more abundant fruit.

Some of the branches in Christianity are not producing the fruit Jesus grafted: That of loving one another as ourselves--and remaining one as he and the Father are one. Jesus spoke of repentance for the forgiveness of sin--of turning from sin to doing the will of God.

So, as we watch the pruning and see "no affiliation" grow, we might also turn our eyes to the more abundant, healthier fruit produced by those Christians who do remain close to Christ, working to become one with each other--just as Christ remains at one with the Father.

Excellent counsel for the "1%".

 

[HaShev]

Once the churches convert to Judaism
(2 sticks into 1), what will we do with these
networks of church organizations?
I'm sorry to say that the most of the church programs and policies are not aimed towards this theology, rather they chose to be aimed at promoting denominationalism over the enrichment of community spirit and promotion of human welfare. In fact, in the autobiography of
Benjamin Franklin, another Philadelphian like myself, he noticed the same things about his Presbyterian church. He said on page 92 in the Riverside Literature Series of his autobiography, that it seemed they were more interested in making people Presbyterian rather then good citizens.

Local churches especially in the inner cities are taking in the communities money yet they do nothing successful in stopping the crimes, excessive drug and alcohol use, separation of family, children getting into trouble, violence such as shootings, stabbings, and so on.

The church in addition to services should be promoting study groups, community interaction, forums for discussion and solving problems. They surely have the space for it.

Family counseling should be advised, as well as clubs for activities that are positive like cleanup or fixing up the neighborhood.

The church should be stimulating creative thoughts rather than suppressing them; encouraging constructive actions rather than creating destructive behavior. I have proposed that the new heads of the church should be more involved in having an eye or watch on community needs, such as by setting up spotters within their flock, letting them know what needs to be stressed - for instance, problems in the area needing special lessons addressing special issues and needs of the individual community.
Example: some communities have a high divorce rate, adultery rate, or crime rate, others have a high drug use rate or murder rate, and such that need solutions as well as concerned action.

Suggested activities:

Churches involving in mini polls to evaluate what people believe or know to get a feel for what needs to be stressed and taught.

Volunteer people in the flock need to be involved in creating programs for planing to offset any local problems and identifying and finding solutions or lessons based on those issues.

Example: if an area is getting run down and the poor or elderly can't afford to fix up dilapidated houses then people will organize and inquire about donated tools (paint, tar, plaster etc) and round up volunteers to teach others and to fix the homes of those who can't afford it, in the same time they can be helping teens in job training (like home repair) and

giving them their job experience as well as something that looks great on their resume.

It is advisable to do all these things by organizing talk groups, which can identify deficiencies, much like the PTA meetings or town council meetings.

Make reports of what's needed in the community whether its moral, security, clean up, repair, family issues, etc., and follow through on these reports.

Allow suggestions in making solutions for how these issues can be handled and met head on and if one can't be found then approach the other churches outside your area for advice and help on solutions to combat local problems.

 

[guno]

Just look at any Sunday , people are doing things other then going to churches, stores are open , even in the bible belt blue laws are being done away with

Churches are closing more and more often. For a time it seemed like it was the liberal and mainline churches who were being abandoned, but the conservative churches are facing the same trend. Yes, some churches here and there are dong well, but in general, in our society, churches are becoming more and more irrelevant and the biggest growth demographic is the “nones” — those with no affiliation.

A well-loved parable among Christians is the one of Christ saying, "I am the vine and you are the branches." Vines that do not remain in Christ, do not bear fruit, and they are pruned away. Ironically, vines that do remain in Christ are also pruned so that they may produce more abundant fruit.

Some of the branches in Christianity are not producing the fruit Jesus grafted: That of loving one another as ourselves--and remaining one as he and the Father are one. Jesus spoke of repentance for the forgiveness of sin--of turning from sin to doing the will of God.

So, as we watch the pruning and see "no affiliation" grow, we might also turn our eyes to the more abundant, healthier fruit produced by those Christians who do remain close to Christ, working to become one with each other--just as Christ remains at one with the Father.

why are so may Catholic churches closing then?

'It's All About Church Closings': Catholic Parishes Shrink In Northeast, Midwest

 

[hobelim]

Just look at any Sunday , people are doing things other then going to churches, stores are open , even in the bible belt blue laws are being done away with

Churches are closing more and more often. For a time it seemed like it was the liberal and mainline churches who were being abandoned, but the conservative churches are facing the same trend. Yes, some churches here and there are dong well, but in general, in our society, churches are becoming more and more irrelevant and the biggest growth demographic is the “nones” — those with no affiliation.

A well-loved parable among Christians is the one of Christ saying, "I am the vine and you are the branches." Vines that do not remain in Christ, do not bear fruit, and they are pruned away. Ironically, vines that do remain in Christ are also pruned so that they may produce more abundant fruit.

Some of the branches in Christianity are not producing the fruit Jesus grafted: That of loving one another as ourselves--and remaining one as he and the Father are one. Jesus spoke of repentance for the forgiveness of sin--of turning from sin to doing the will of God.

So, as we watch the pruning and see "no affiliation" grow, we might also turn our eyes to the more abundant, healthier fruit produced by those Christians who do remain close to Christ, working to become one with each other--just as Christ remains at one with the Father.

why are so may Catholic churches closing then?

The more educated a person becomes, the harder it is to sell them superstitious nonsense. They are closing down here, packing up their charms, and building churches and selling their religion in underdeveloped countries where the educated are few and no one will question their money making practices.

 

[Meriweather]

why are so may Catholic churches closing then?

'It's All About Church Closings': Catholic Parishes Shrink In Northeast, Midwest

Already asked (by you) in another very recent thread; already answered by me (and others) in that thread. Why are you asking the same question so soon? Our responses to that specific article have not changed.

Additionally, the Catholic Church is not exempted from the lessons/reality of the vine and the branches.