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September 3, 2014
Title: How to Shrink Your Church in One Easy Step
Topic: Religion in America
Discussed by Alexander Griswold
with Institute on Religion and Democracy www.theIRD.org
Parental Warning: Some information discussed with Alexander Griswold might be
sensitive to young children. Please use caution when listening to the following
segment.
Four of the mainline churches – Episcopalian, Evangelical Lutherans, Church of
Christ, and Presbyterian – have all embraced and promoted same-sex marriage in
recent years, believing the move will entice more people to join their churches.
Alexander Griswold, with the Institute on Religion and Democracy, has found the
opposite to be true. He has studied their attendance numbers and discovered that
as soon as these decisions have been made, people begin leaving the church in
droves. Marriages and baptisms (both infant and adult) decline drastically, as
well.
I just don’t understand why these church leaders continue to embrace sexual
immorality and allow same-sex marriage. Research has clearly shown that members
do not have the same zeal for abandoning their morals. In fact, Alexander points
out that if the decline continues at the same rate, some of these denominations
won’t even exist in forty years.
We teach our children that God created the heavens and the earth. We teach our
children that Jesus Christ died for our sins and rose again so that we might
have eternal life with him in heaven. We teach them about Santa Claus, the
Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy. Then they go to school and hear differently
from their teachers and friends. Who are they to believe?
Listen in to hear the shocking truth about churches today and why we must teach
our children Biblical, moral values.
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and other issues facing the church today.
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