The answer for faltering Christianity is to get out of the institution. Too big and too breaucratic, and too proud to change, the denominations will not be able to leave their franchise for higher ground. That high ground is a Return to Torah, and a rediscovering of the true Hebrew Religion of the Messiah. Hear the words of the prophet Isaiah:
“And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s House shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills, and all nations shall flow into it. And many people shall go and say, Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob;and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: For out of Zion shall go forth the Law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.” (Isa. 2:2,3)
Listen Christian! Listen Jew! It’s time to come home to Torah
Or at least a Conservative synagouge, where you can sit with your wife.
Don’t know what part of Illinois you call home; but, if you are interested in nondenominational worship, you might want to check out this site. I’m sure there are other similar congregations of the church of Christ in Illinois.
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God bless.