They were the first and the worst of the apostate denominations. Right from the start in 1959 or so, when they couldn’t quite decide whether Jesus was really the incarnate son of God. They have left it sort of an open question ever since. Last time I dropped in at a UCC service, about thirty years ago, the preacher never mentioned Jesus throughout the whole sermon. He did talk about eating hotdogs at the Indians game the night before though, and made a wise crack about those people who get converted in “a shazam! moment.” That’s the UCC this dude preaches to.
Well, what’s left of them. I forgot the exact numbers, but since they’re founding, they’ve lost something like 50%, more or less, of their membership. And that was probably in 2019 or so I remember reading that. On paper, I’m still a member of a UCC Church and get the annual reports and newsletters. In the last two years, my congregation, and I use that loosely, has had a whopping two people join, but probably 10 to 12 die and seen their weekly attendance drop into the 40 to 50 range. The last time I actually attended regularly, back in probably 2012 or 13, when the pastor was actually really good, they probably had 150 to 175 on your average Sunday, excluding the summer one attendance, probably got down into the 70s
[Right from the start in 1959 or so, when they couldn’t quite decide whether Jesus was really the incarnate son of God]
The very most important basic Doctrine.
WOW 😮 😮 😮
(for the thread)
Matthew 16:15-17
New King James Version
15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
16 Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
17 Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for Flesh and Blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father Who is in Heaven.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2016%3A15-17&version=NKJV
Why do people still attend?
I mean, if they want the religious feeling then go to a church, or synagogue or mosque, temple, whatever. The ICC you describe seems like a boring no God meet