Mainline churches have been infiltrated, subverted, and no longer do God's work. They are now the enemy.
The article did well. But it failed to pose the proper question; "How much of a force is church in your daily life and that of your community?" It used to be a significant if not enormous force. Now it has been marginalized.
I’m AG, when they went to Praise choruses for the ‘youth’ and a youth orientated format, then the preacher tells me I can’t get up and go to the RR during his sermon, when I have medical problems and need to and I sit in the last pew so as not to be a disturbance. You just lost a member.
Seniors are left out totally now except for their own SS class. Or if they need volunteers for ‘youth projects’ let the youth leaders and the youth do it. We are old and our bodies are frail. While theirs are not. Just because we no longer work because of age/health, does not mean we can be your work horses. Time the next generation pick up that baton.