Three Lessons from Crisis and Decline in the Mainline
Three Lessons from Crisis and Decline in the Mainline
By Timothy George
The Gospel Coalition
http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2012/07/17/3-lessons-from-crisis-and-decline-in-the-mainline/
July 17, 2012
At Christianity Today we often speak of the summer months as the "church report season," as many denominations hold their annual meeting or conference during this time of the year. The two words most often used to describe mainline Protestantism in North America are "crisis" and "decline," both of which seem justified in light of recent trends.
Ross Douthat's recent article in The New York Times, "Can Liberal Christianity Be Saved?" offers an insightful analysis of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America (ECUSA), whose House of Bishops last week approved an official liturgy to bless same-sex unions. This is the same communion that counts among its great champions of the past the likes of Thomas Cranmer, John Wesley, and William Wilberforce, and of which George Washington was a member. Meanwhile, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCUSA) very narrowly turned back a proposal to redefine marriage.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
By Timothy George
The Gospel Coalition
http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2012/07/17/3-lessons-from-crisis-and-decline-in-the-mainline/
July 17, 2012
At Christianity Today we often speak of the summer months as the "church report season," as many denominations hold their annual meeting or conference during this time of the year. The two words most often used to describe mainline Protestantism in North America are "crisis" and "decline," both of which seem justified in light of recent trends.
Ross Douthat's recent article in The New York Times, "Can Liberal Christianity Be Saved?" offers an insightful analysis of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America (ECUSA), whose House of Bishops last week approved an official liturgy to bless same-sex unions. This is the same communion that counts among its great champions of the past the likes of Thomas Cranmer, John Wesley, and William Wilberforce, and of which George Washington was a member. Meanwhile, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCUSA) very narrowly turned back a proposal to redefine marriage.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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