[taxcontrol]

House Churches are tapping into an "organized religion" backlash that has left many people feeling abandoned by "traditional" religion. Many times this is due to differences in doctrine or it is due to differences in worship style or even a scheduling conflict that prevents people from attending church during the normally scheduled hours of worship.

[Don Corleone]

Home Schooling...anyone?

[TommyDale]

Slight correction: there is also "backlash" from churches who are abandoning "Traditional" religion to fall into the fad of the week contemporary movement. Traditionalists are being forced from churches in large numbers now, because they refuse to follow the slick marketing of megachurch psychobabble.

[trebb]

I switched to a non-denominational church a few years back because the Pastor teaches from the Bible and uses it as the standard instead of letting the decline of society serve as an "interpretation aid".

[dangus]

>> House Churches are tapping into an "organized religion" backlash that has left many people feeling abandoned by "traditional" religion. <<

Apparently not. 4 out of 5 House Church attendees also attend a regular-Church weekly service. It seems like what is really happening is a little extra strengthening on a smaller scale. Anyone know if "House Church" is anything more than simply Cursillo-, Renew-, Crysallis-, Emmaus-, or Alpha-style meetings?

[Neoliberalnot]

IMHO there are two primary reasons for the decline in organized, mainstream religions: 1. Many Christian religions have embraced the influence of the PC crowd even to the extent that it is in conflict with scripture--this is a huge issue for people that look to the Bible for guidance and not to the arbitrary leaders of the PC church. 2. The constant assault by the old media and hollywood who view the church as a threat to their power to shape opinions and to compete with their financial gain. It is a control thing from the left, the secular worshipers, and mind controllers.