“France never really cared. Bible belt America is a different story. It will reduce but it will become more concentrated in the process.”
I don’t know that France “didn’t care”; the faithful there were reduced & more concentrated as well. I was impressed by their recent demonstrations against “gay marriage” in France.
If that’s true then maybe French faith will bounce back. The people in France who were bothering to be Christians, whether they went to a Roman Catholic congregation or a Protestant one, certainly were not doing it to please their neighbors.
Also I’d be amiss to point out that what in my very biased opinion is the most touching Christian hymn in the entire world, was written in French: Cantique du Noel (in English it is known as O Holy Night which does capture some of the flavor, but the French is like to die for).
I mean amiss NOT to point out...