“Americans may change doctrinal churches like most people change socks, but they don’t often leave the Christian FAITH. There is a difference and the un-churched writer failed to grasp the nuance!”
Exactly. They said people change because of “changed life circumstances.” That happened to us. We attended a Presbyterian church before we moved...now we go to a nearby Methodist church because it’s more convenient.
Point us, we’re still practicing Christianity....which is the whole point. Not which building you’re in.
Good point!
>>Americans may change doctrinal churches like most people change socks, but they don’t often leave the Christian FAITH. There is a difference and the un-churched writer failed to grasp the nuance!<<
Yup. I hold no alegence to any particular “church organization”. I am Christian and feel relatively comfortable in any “christian” church.
My best friend wrote a book on the Church in the US called “And no religion, too”. Frankly I agree with a lot of what he said:
http://edwardgoblebooks.com/
A footnote on the book:
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The organizational arrows of the Western Church all point in. We have become so accustomed to focusing our ministry efforts internally that we are no longer culturally relevant. We have left the shaping of the culture to an irreligious society that is happy to watch us spend God’s resources on sprawling campuses and programming while they quietly shape the culture and remove God’s name from public discourse.”
Agreed. It’s a poorly written headline, as usual. A statement like “people change denominations...” would be more accurate, because few of us ever leave our Christian faith.
Bingo!
My dad, my sister, and my niece have left the Catholic Church and converted to Judaism. My step-mom is probably next.