Posted on 06/15/2005 9:06:08 PM PDT by Iam1ru1-2
"Why Americans are Fleeing Liberal Churches."
My names on that list.
Churches who have gay priests and bishops, and who marry gay couples, and Christians are leaving. You don't say, what a shock.
Ping
I know the feeling. I visited a LCMS congregation last Sunday. I'll probably go back.
When the Episcopal Church values left me, I left organized religion and now attend other denominations rather randomly.
The homosexuals will find out where the conservative churches are and proceed to bust them up, too.
As quoted in Exodus, Glenmary director Ken Sanchagrin told the New York Times that he was "astounded to see that by and large the growing churches are those that we ordinarily call conservative. And when I looked at those that were declining, most were moderate or liberal churches. And the more liberal the denomination, by most people's definition, the more they were losing."
Hmm. People seeking God's Truth abandoning churches that seek man's Truth. Gee, what a shocker!
I visited a LCMS congregation last Sunday
A good Lutheran Synod. Conservative, and they also
have many parochial schools.
They can try, but as has happened throughout history if one Church is no longer redeemable another is formed. In the end they are fighting a losing battle because Christians interested in God's word will not bow to societal pressure. They'll have to resort to persecution and, again, history cites instance after instance in which the Church actually thrives when under attack.
My wife started going to a christian fellowship some years ago. They started out as a store front in a dying mall and today they've bought the mall and have expanded to >5000 members. Christmas and Easter services are either held at the college sports arena or at the sanctuary over several days.
There's nothing more boring than a service at a liberal church. Give me hellfire and brimstone! Given the choices between not going to church at all or attending one of those, I'll sleep in on Sunday morning.
Great. Now I suppose we'll have to subsidize them.
The prisoners in GITMO are fed better than our troops in Iraq, and they are housed better. The Democrats are going to regret what they are doing to this country over their inability to accept the fact the the American people have decided that they do not deserve to be in the majority through their votes.
The Democrats are going to spend the next few decades in a complete free fall unless they adopt policies that support America instead of our enemies.
NOT HERE!
TONY PRAY ALL IS WELL!
GODSPEED!
ALPHA.
They're tired of clowning around.
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Sounds similiar to my current Church.
Started in people's homes. Eventually expanded to a small building, then leased an old store front. Expanded to offer coarse studies. Now in the process of raising funds to build a Church to accomdate the growing congregation.
The gay, activists in Canada(?) want to remove the tax-exempt status from churches that don't permit gay clergy or preform gay marriages. I'm afraid that will be coming our way soon.
When you walk into a liberal church (and I've walked into many) it doesn't take more than a few minutes to detect the absence of God. People wind up leaving such churches with an empty feeling, so there is nothing to draw them back.
I added my name 11 years ago. May the collapse of liberal theology be quick and complete.
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