One reason for the dying of the churches is that God’s truth died in so many of them many years ago. #Protestant #SBC #mainlinedenominations #queer
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The collapse of Protestant churches can teach us something By Carl R. Trueman, Voices Contributor Friday, March 28, 2025iStock/D:532811041Reports of the financial struggles and decline in membership among large American denominations have become so commonplace that they often elicit little more than a shrug. But every now and then, a report arises that warrants attention.
ArecentReligionNewsService articlegiveshelpfulinsightastowhy“Protestantdenominationsarelosingmembers,particularlytheEpiscopal,Presbyterian,Methodistandotherhistoricmainlinegroups,”includingtheSouthernBaptistConvention.TheinclusionoftheSBCissignificantbecause,unliketheotherdenominations,which“havesufferedschismsastheymovedinmoreprogressivedirections,”theSBCistheologicallyconservative.ConservativeChristiansshouldtakenote.
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