Church
Last week was the first anniversary of my leaving the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and I discovered this wonderful commentary on why people leave the Roman Catholic church (thanks to Pastor Gillespie). I have seen this in numerous Lutheran churches and seem to hear the same commentary from other ex-LCMS members. Pastor Harrison, maybe this can be the NEW focus rather than recoloring your thirty year old logo.
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What is interesting is that a lot of the rank-and-file pew sitters don’t realize the theology that is around them, on the walls, the alter (or lack thereof), or the big-screen as they worship. You can learn a lot about the church’s theology by looking around the church. As I read this article, referred to me by a friend and Pastor in the Lutheran Church, I thought of the theology that my church has.
Some statistics that were emailed to me…
Where are all the men?
You’re not just imagining it: Christianity is short on men. Here are the facts:
An interesting article on the role of men in our church. from Touchstone Magazine.
There is one critical factor. It is overwhelming, and it is this: It is the religious practice of the father of the family that, above all, determines the future attendance at or absence fr
om church of the children.
If both father and mother attend regularly, 33 percent of their children will end up as regular churchgoers, and 41 percent will end up attending irregularly. Only a quarter of their children will end up not practicing at all. If the father is irregular and mother regular, only 3 percent of the children will subsequently become regulars themselves, while a further 59 percent will become irregulars. Thirty-eight percent will be lost.