Posted on 02/02/2024 7:04:43 AM PST by Morgana
One of my dreams is to find a deserted church building, and convert it into a home and a public meeting space. This post gives me hope that more of those structures will be coming on the market!
No suprise at all. The UCC has been just about the most Liberal of all the old “mainline” Protestant churches. It actually began losing members in 1957 when it became the UCC and some it’s most Conservative Congregational andEvangelical & Reformed congregations (the two merging denominations) would not participate in the merged denomiation. Other UCC congregations kept losing members over the decades as the UCC continued to become less biblical and more Liberal.
“Whoever does not love does not know God, because GOD IS LOVE.” But when God says that, he doesn’t mean sodomy, adultery, premarital fornication, etc.
Sadly, there are plenty already on the market.
No, you are missing the point.
Yes, God loves you, God loves all of his creations.. and no, no matter what you do in your life, you will never ever earn or be deserving of God’s grace, but he grants it anyway.
However, as I said before, if you are part of any “Church” who’s just offering bumper sticker theology... and “God is Love”, or “Jesus is Love” is indeed bumper sticker Theology. Any Pastor, or Priest, or Minister, who tries to dumb down all of Christian Theology to simply “God is Love” is a heretic.
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In case anyone gets the mistaken notion that this group is some subset of the traditional Churches of Christ - forget it. Not even close.
The UCC is a perfect example of apostasy.
“As bad as this is, there are whole countries of Catholics where few attend church during the course of a whole year.”
As a member of the ELCA synod of the Lutheran Church, (my spouse’s family church over her lifetime), when they announced a few back that the ELCA would be ordaining females and members of the LGBTQ community, I was stunned that such a decision would come down with zero discussion at the congregation-level.
That said, shortly after the that decision was communicated, the ELCA sustained the loss of hundre4ds of congregations throughout the United States.
As I walk the halls of the church, I see the pictures of the bygone years of confirmation classes going back to the 1950’s, where there were 30-50 confirmations in a class, through the 80’s and 90’s, 20-30 confirmations, through today, 1-2 confirmations.
As I sit in the pew in my mid-50s and look around, I am among the youngest congregants in the church, save just a few, and even fewer children, maybe 3-6 total.
We pray for the oppressed, we pray for the environment, we pray for those marginalized, and yes, we pray for the migrants seeking a better life.
Stephen Bannon said it best: the churches are empty and the Mosques are full.
I pray nothing happens to my wife, for if it does, her funeral will be my last time attending this church.
I’m amazed you are still there.
The death of churches is a sad thing...
Where I live, UCC is the faggiest church in town. Rainbow crap all over, even a rainbow-painted park bench (is it racist that black is not part of the rainbow?) - even an electronic sign out in front practically begging queers of all types to join.
Exactly describes one of the UCCs in town here.
"Hate Has No Home Here", with a rainbow background, on their electronic sign out front.
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