Losing almost 50% of your membership is stunning—even as the US population has doubled. Even GM isn’t doing that badly. In most organizations, that would trigger some soul searching. However, you are probably right—they don’t care. As long as those who remain share their “values”, they won’t ask where all the people went. They will also be content as long as the MSM refers to them as “traditional, mainstream churches”—long after they’ve become stark-raving, new-age looney bins.
They don’t seem to care. Why should they? They don’t have any real sense of answering morally at the Judgment Seat of Christ for anything personal or church-wise.
Having been inside PCUSA as a church Elder I can tell you they do care. They just don’t understand why and refuse to open their eyes. The problems that I saw. 1) A high % of the members are elderly and are dying, thus reducing your membership. 2) The old folks also tend to resist changes to make church more attractive to a younger generation. 3) the older folks also don’t want to spend money on things that younger couples need, like childrens programs. My Church spent $3500 in emergency funding to re-upholster some pews because they were too hard but would not spend $300 for childrens bibles.
They are happy because things are the same for them. One really rich lady said “you will grow this church over my dead body”. They needed her money so she got her way.
They don’t see the radicals who have entered the church leadership and are pushing the liberal agenda. Many of those that do think the reason they aren’t growing is because they haven’t accepted the liberal agenda.
Its sad because there were many great God loving people in that church. The church I’m at now has its problems but is growing like gangbusters. I think its because it remains God focused.