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Are people getting tired of the money and entertainment they see on TV as the church does not show the love for the people, and many now are saying, Why go if God is not being worshiped like he should be ?The drop in Americans identifying as Christians is as surprising as it is sharp. In the early 1990s, over 90% of US adults identified as Christians. Today, only 63% do. The number professing no religion has spiked from 6% to 29%. The Nones, Pew surmises, will likely be the majority within 50 years.
What does all of this mean for church leaders? Simple: The drift away from faith is in the water supply. No longer just an “I went to college and lost my faith” kind of phenomenon, the drift out of church and Christianity is widespread and impacting almost everyone.
This, of course, is not fatal, but it is real.
If your church grew largely because the culture was Christian, it’s now declining largely because the culture is less Christian.
If you want to reach more people in the future, it will require a dramatic reinvention to reach a post-Christian culture and a generation that’s no longer wired to accept what you say at face value.
First, you are the church, which means you’re engaged in the mission in some meaningful way.
And second, you’re creating space where everybody (regardless of their background) can hear and experience the news of Christ’s love for them.
But that also means we live in an age where attending church for attendance’s sake is dying. Fast.
And maybe that’s what we see happening around us. People who aren’t engaged in the mission are leaving the mission. It could explain
Without love, you fail no matter how big the church is or how much money you have. God does not have a Respect of person all people are somebody in the house of the lord