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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Tue May 19, 2015, 03:28 PM May 2015

5 ways churches inflicted pain on themselves

Tom Ehrich

(RNS) Let’s be clear: The much-heralded “decline of Christianity in America” isn’t about God losing faith in humankind.

It isn’t about losing our moral compass thanks to whatever you happen to loathe. It isn’t about fickle millennials. It isn’t about zigging trendy or zagging traditional.

In fact, I would argue that Christianity isn’t in trouble at all. Churches are in trouble. Denominations are in trouble. Religious institutions like seminaries are in trouble. Professional church leaders are in trouble.

But churches can’t hold God hostage. God will do what God will do. Whether our churches stay open for business, God will keep on loving all that God has made. Loss of an institution won’t deter God.

http://www.religionnews.com/2015/05/19/5-ways-churches-inflicted-pain-commentary/

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