Skip to main content
SHARPER IRON
“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.” (Proverbs 27:17)
  • About
    • About Sharper Iron
    • Doctrinal Statement
    • Contact
    • Search
  • Forum
    • Forum Home
    • Comment Guidelines
    • Search
  • Account
    • Log in
    • Register

Mainline Protestant Decline and Hope

By Jim on Sat, 02/21/15
Anything Else
Mainline Denominations

“This year is an ignominious anniversary for Mainline Protestantism, commemorating a half century of continuous decline since their membership peaks in the early 1960s”

Discussion

User image
Wayne Wilson

NewInteresting speech

Sat, 02/21/15

I would love to know the reaction he got to this speech.

Profile picture for user Bert Perry
Bert Perry

NewAlong the same lines, my

Mon, 02/23/15

Along the same lines, my mother understandably became even more interested in spiritual things as she was fighting cancer (she died in 2009), and it always fascinated me that the books she read were from evangelical publishing houses—nothing from the “Upper Room” or other Methodist publishers. It seems, per the author’s comment about Spong, that there are only so many ways you can say “I don’t believe” before the whole deal gets tiresome. It also is not what goes over well with a stage 4 colon cancer patient, to put it mildly.

Aspiring to be a stick in the mud.

Related . . .

Topics: Mainline Denominations, UK Methodists, LGBTQ Politics, Sexual Ethics
  • UK-based Methodist Church votes to approve gay marriage, recognize cohabitating couples
  • PCUSA lost 51K members, 100-plus churches, 4 presbyteries in 2021: report
  • Another Episcopal Diosese Breaks Away from Liberal Mainline
  • ELCA declares self a ‘sanctuary church body,’ marches to ICE building in Milwaukee
  • ‘Not a real schism’: Four years later, UMC exodus less a gush, more a trickle

Pagination

  • Previous page
  • Page 2
  • Next page

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

(ESV, Proverbs 15:1)

Footer

  • About
  • Contact
  • Search
  • Forum

Since 2005

Image
2005 SI Logo Image