[Wallace T.]

In actuality, the reverse is true, as many conservative Episcopalians have either become Roman Catholics or joined the Orthodox churches, especially the Antiochian Orthodox Church. I remember reading a statistic in the early 1990s claiming that the probability of a person raised in the Presbyterian Church (USA) staying in that denomination in adulthood was below 25%. Those who move toward a more Biblical position will probably head toward an evangelical denomination, Calvinist or not. Those who are more secular see little need for early rising on Sunday mornings to see clergy in bathrobes spouting liturgical formulas in which the ministers do not believe.

The mainline churches are in critical condition. In 50 years or less, they will either cease to exist or have consolidated into one "United Church" style organization.

[Lee N. Field]

I remember reading a statistic in the early 1990s claiming that the probability of a person raised in the Presbyterian Church (USA) staying in that denomination in adulthood was below 25%. Those who move toward a more Biblical position will probably head toward an evangelical denomination, Calvinist or not.

Count me as one of the 75%. When we moved to this town in the early '90s, we visited various churches. At First Pres (PCUSA, naturally) the pastor lead the Lord's Prayer as "Our Father and Mother,. . ."

Needless to say, we didn't go back. We started going to the local Evangelical Free Church (which I guess could be classified as generic evangelical), and have been members there for 5+ years at this point.