Confusion and the need for strengthening the foundation….
This past week ‘The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life‘ published the results of a survey on the ‘U.S. Religious Landscape.’ The results illustate some of the reasons why Western Evangelical Christianity is in such a state of decline.
Let me share some of those statistics, then make a comment on their meaning and conclude by talking about some of the things Lamb of God intends for the fall (There is a connection).
I mentioned a few posts ago that I had been praying and seeking to gain an understanding of where we as a congregation should be going in the future(read the May 29th post on Black Dwarf). Out of that effort came a set of ideas which I have presented to the elders and will make public at our upcoming Community Meeting on Monday, July 7th. This meeting will not cover everything that I believe God has been showing me. The presentation of all those items will come at a later Community Meeting in the Fall.
The material from the Pew Forum’s survey only emphasizes how profoundly in trouble the Western church is and why we need to take seriously the issues which are revealed by this study. The vision, which I believe God has given for the future will no doubt be modified and adapted per the needs, availablity, resources and the on-going promptings of the Holy Spirit. However I do have strong convictions about these matters! (more…)