In other words, forget the Word of God—We’ll decide what is and isn’t OK.
Meanwhile, church membership continues to plunge.
That would be like inviting IS to have lunch with us. No one would leave alive. When is common sense and discernment going to descend on those whom you would think should already have it?
“Meanwhile, church membership continues to plunge”.
The numbers..........
Church membership in 2011 was 1.214 billion (17.5% of the world population),[1] an increase from 437 million in 1950[58] and 654 million in 1970.[59] Since 2010, the rate of increase was 1.5% with a 2.3% increase in Africa and a 0.3% increase in the Americas and Europe. 48.8% of Catholics live in the Americas, 23.5% in Europe, 16.0% in Africa, 10.9% in Asia and 0.8% in Oceania.[1] Catholics represent over half of all Christians.[60]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church