Christianity decreasing

[UsagiTsukino]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/amer ... d-numbers/

What does this mean for Christians?

[RickD]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/amer ... d-numbers/

What does this mean for Christians?

What does it mean for Christians regarding what?

I'm not sure what you're asking. Could you be more specific?

[Rob]

What does this mean for Christians?

Not too much.

[tunde1992]

This might be true in the west , but I doubt it's decreasing in the rest of the world

[UsagiTsukino]

Technically I wonder if they mean church because I know Christians who don't go to church but they are very religious. You think this is a bad thing for American? 78 % survey label themselves has Christians

[Rob]

There are plenty of unregenerate people that go to church. It's always been that way.

[dfnj]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/amer ... d-numbers/

What does this mean for Christians?

The modern evangelical mega-churches are too much involved in politics, money, and power in my humble opinion. I think the modern church doesn't seem genuine and turns a lot of people off to God. I think if Jesus were here today I imagine he would be anti-war, pro-welfare, and pro-labor. Not exactly modern day Republican values.

[RickD]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/amer ... d-numbers/

What does this mean for Christians?

The modern evangelical mega-churches are too much involved in politics, money, and power in my humble opinion. I think the modern church doesn't seem genuine and turns a lot of people off to God. I think if Jesus were here today I imagine he would be anti-war, pro-welfare, and pro-labor. Not exactly modern day Republican values.

I bet you think Jesus would smoke a fat doobie too! And instead of riding a donkey, he'd drive a Volkswagen van with peace signs all over it.

And don't forget he would vote for Obama too.

[Storyteller]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/amer ... d-numbers/

What does this mean for Christians?

The modern evangelical mega-churches are too much involved in politics, money, and power in my humble opinion. I think the modern church doesn't seem genuine and turns a lot of people off to God. I think if Jesus were here today I imagine he would be anti-war, pro-welfare, and pro-labor. Not exactly modern day Republican values.

I bet you think Jesus would smoke a fat doobie too! And instead of riding a donkey, he'd drive a Volkswagen van with peace signs all over it.

And don't forget he would vote for Obama too.

I wouldnt be surprised if he did

[Storyteller]

On a serious note though, I've tried four different churches in my area and I'm sorry to say that they all made me cringe.
It isnt anything I can put my finger on, it just doesnt feel right.
Maybe its just timing? Maybe I need to settle into my faith more first?

Maybe a building isnt my church. Maybe this forum is. I dont know.

I believe. I pray. I am growing in my relationship with God and Christ. I am gathering with everyone here in His name. Isnt that `church`

A side note..... I have always absolutely loved hymns and carols. I sing them all the time.

[RickD]

On a serious note though, I've tried four different churches in my area and I'm sorry to say that they all made me cringe.
It isnt anything I can put my finger on, it just doesnt feel right.
Maybe its just timing? Maybe I need to settle into my faith more first?

Maybe a building isnt my church. Maybe this forum is. I dont know.

I believe. I pray. I am growing in my relationship with God and Christ. I am gathering with everyone here in His name. Isnt that `church`

A side note..... I have always absolutely loved hymns and carols. I sing them all the time.

Annette,

Can you think of what specifically made you cringe? It very well could be something you should be cringing over.

There have been times that I've been to a church, and something just didn't seem right. At the time, I couldn't say why. But as I look back on it, I've figured it out.

One example that stands out to me, is when I was younger, I went to a Pentecostal church in New Hampshire, that a friend at the time, invited me to. Many there were dancing around, and flopping on the floor like fish out of water. I sat there and felt something terribly wrong in my spirit.

Looking back, it seems that either they were being overly emotional, or were possessed by something other than the Holy Spirit.

I guess what I'm trying to say, is that when you cringe, it may be the Holy Spirit in you, showing you something is not right. Take the cringe as possibly coming from God, and ask Him to show you.

[Storyteller]

I felt pressured into being baptised (I have been baptised, btw) in one. It was too pushy, forcing belief down my throat.
One demanded we talk in tongues.
One was too 'nice' too sickly sweet if that makes sense.
And yep! I had the people falling to the floor, crying, wailing etc.

I actually adore being in empty churches.

[abelcainsbrother]

God is seperating the sheep from the goats?

[RickD]

I felt pressured into being baptised (I have been baptised, btw) in one. It was too pushy, forcing belief down my throat.
One demanded we talk in tongues.
One was too 'nice' too sickly sweet if that makes sense.
And yep! I had the people falling to the floor, crying, wailing etc.

I actually adore being in empty churches.

Annette,

Those are all things that would make me cringe too.

Forcing baptism, or forcing anything, is wrong.

Demanding that tongues is a sign of a believer, is wrong.

And sickly sweet, fake smile, fake Christians, make me want to puke. If we can't be ourselves in front of other believers, where can we be ourselves?

Annette,

My educated guess is that your cringing, is your knowing in your spirit, that something was wrong.

[Kurieuo]

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What does this mean for Christians?

Ever heard that quantity doesn't mean quality?

As far as Christianity is concerned, if true, perhaps it means there will be more refined and higher quality Christians in the world.