[Always Right]

"There is no future for The United Methodist Church in the United States unless we can learn to reach more people, younger people and more diverse people,”

I am not getting this story. Is it only because Methodist tend to be older that they are dying quicker. They really do not explain what is going on.

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

I think it means that demographically, their membership is older, and older people are statistically closer to the grave than younger people.

I grew up Methodist, but Readers Digest sermons don't do it for me.

[SeekAndFind]

Is it only because Methodist tend to be older that they are dying quicker.

If a church does not seriously preach the gospel, if church members do not seriously teach their children about the gospel, if a church gets involved in liberal politics as a priority over obeying God's word, the effect is for people to shun the church, for young people to ignore the church and for disappointed Bible believing members to leave the church.

The UMC IN GENERAL has been straying from the gospel and obedience to God's word for decades. What you are seeing is the "Church of Ephesus" effect --- Christ taking away the golden lamp stand this church once had ( See Revelations 2)

[incredulous joe]

I believe the problem is that they are not restocking the pews with new Methodists.

My wife is a non-practicing Methodist, who attends my Catholic Church, with me and our kids.

There are some very good Gospel preaching congregations, which I believe are doing quite well, as one of the previous posters states. Then there is the secular humanist congregations that are sort of out there doing there own thing; I’m okay, you’re okay. It’s all good.

I’m pretty sure George W. Bush is a Methodist. When he first came to DC I think it took him a bit of time before he found a church that was to his liking.