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Study Shows Millennials Turned Off by Trendy Church Buildings, Prefer a Classic Sanctuary
The Christian Post ^
| 11/14/14
| Stephanie Samuel
Posted on 11/17/2014 6:23:50 AM PST by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow
Soon everyone will be talking about the Post-Millenials. Can’t wait. Sick of hearing about Millenials.
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posted on
11/17/2014 6:27:27 AM PST
by
far sider
To: marshmallow
And not just millennials either.
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posted on
11/17/2014 6:27:43 AM PST
by
Paulie
(Get off the grid.)
To: marshmallow
FWIW, I am a member of 2 different Orthodox shuls (Jewish) in two different towns, depending on where I am at the moment.
Both obviously very traditional and traditional-looking.
In the last, say 5-6 years, both have been inundated with young, formerly secular, “kids” in the 17-27 age range, some young parents, most single. Most become very serious and engaged.
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posted on
11/17/2014 6:29:14 AM PST
by
Jewbacca
(The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
To: marshmallow
A good many new church buildings look more like pole barns. The older buildings require expensive maintenance. The National Cathedral has been desecrated by Muslim idolatry. The god of the golf course beckons.
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posted on
11/17/2014 6:30:32 AM PST
by
Fester Chugabrew
(Even the compassion of the wicked is cruel.)
To: Paulie
and not just millenials either agreed
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posted on
11/17/2014 6:38:06 AM PST
by
grania
To: marshmallow
A lot of “modern” church architecture is hideous. Just do a search for ugly churches. I think there is some satanist architect cult that somehow rigs the system so that they get most of the bids. The plan is to make churches so repulsive no one will attend.
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posted on
11/17/2014 6:42:15 AM PST
by
CrazyIvan
(I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
To: marshmallow
When asked to choose their preference between a church sanctuary and a church auditorium, 77 percent chose sanctuary. When shown four different kinds of church windows ranging from modern and least "churchy" to traditionally ornate, over a third of all respondents chose the most ornate stain glass window common to chapels. When shown four styles of church altars, the study showed that a majority of respondents chose altars that "are unambiguously Christian and are more traditional." "Millennials are a very visual group," explained Barna Vice President of Publishing Roxanne Stone. "If they go into your church and they don't know where to go or it's ambiguous or they don't understand what something is for, they will move on." Additionally, 78 percent of millennial respondents selected a quiet church as the ideal over a loud church.
When asked when they would start tithing to pay for their new ornate sanctuary, Millennials chose to begin attending another church.
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posted on
11/17/2014 6:44:02 AM PST
by
Alex Murphy
("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
To: Fester Chugabrew
The National Cathedral has been desecrated by Muslim idolatry. Why are so many conservatives outraged over this? The building was already desecrated last year when it was announced that same-sex "marriages" would be performed there.
It may be called the National Cathedral, but it's not a national cathedral. It's an Episcopalian house of worship, and members of that church can use it as they please.
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posted on
11/17/2014 6:44:58 AM PST
by
Fiji Hill
To: marshmallow
If it’s not Barocque, don’t fix it!
To: Fester Chugabrew
I’ve been to the National Cathedral, went to services there 20 some years ago, it was pretty secular back then, probably more so now. Never went back, I found a church that taught Christ.
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posted on
11/17/2014 6:49:05 AM PST
by
dangerdoc
((this space for rent))
To: Paulie
Same thing with music - prefer old hymns to arms-in-the-air contemporary stuff. But then Presbyterians aren't known for being charismatic.
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posted on
11/17/2014 6:53:37 AM PST
by
skeeter
To: Fester Chugabrew
True, or elementary school lunch rooms.
To: CrazyIvan
A lot of modern church architecture is hideous. Just do a search for ugly churches. Here's the "Chicken Church" in Tampa Bay, Floriduh:
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posted on
11/17/2014 7:10:38 AM PST
by
Albion Wilde
(It is better to offend a human being than to offend God.)
To: marshmallow
Well in my huge church they prefer the loud music and tech age.
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posted on
11/17/2014 7:20:21 AM PST
by
Hattie
To: Albion Wilde
First Prize
In The Ugly Church Contest!
ML/LTOS
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posted on
11/17/2014 7:20:59 AM PST
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: CrazyIvan
Eero Saarinen was the architectural pioneer in designing churches in the modern era. He had many imitators who did an even worse job of designing a worshipful space.
Is it a National Park gift shop? A golf course clubhouse?
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posted on
11/17/2014 7:21:18 AM PST
by
oblomov
To: marshmallow
Here you go, from real clear religion:
Solid Rock Church in Monroe, Ohio...
Why, God, why?!
To: SoFloFreeper
Roman Catholic church in Nevers, France. Blockhead design.
To: SoFloFreeper
Catholic church in Armonk, New York. Not so bad, just very, very 1960s...
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