Featured Why is the Christian Reformed Church in Decline?

Do Reformed ever baptize by immersion at the age of reason?

 

"Mainline" (not "mainstream") denominations are (mostly) Protestant Liberal churches which proclaim a false gospel, so they are not actually a loss to Christ's Church.

These denominations went off the rails decades ago when they installed women into positions of leadership and have followed that with the acceptance and even celebration of homosexuals and other perversions. I won't mourn their demise.

 

Mainstream Protestants

"Mainstream American Protestant churches (also called "Mainline Protestant") are a group of Protestant churches in the United States that...both politically and theologically, tend to be more liberal than non-mainstream Protestants."

More:

"The mainline Protestant churches (also called mainstream Protestant)...are a group of Protestant denominations in the United States that contrast in history and practice with evangelical, fundamentalist, and charismatic Protestant denominations..."


Mainstream Reformed denominations would be Presbyterian Church USA, United Church of Christ, and Reformed Church in America.

The Christian Reformed Church, mentioned in the OP, is not; it is evangelical.

 

Of course, people are leaving over women preachers and gays. Look at the Episcopal church, for example. I can't stand women preachers. There never has been a famous woman preacher. I don't want a gay preacher either.

 

I thought of her. She must be 100 years ago in Los Angeles as I remember. Mostly I think of her for going missing and touching off a search because she snuck away with her boyfriend, right?

 

The CRC is a mainline Reformed church, and I often don't see much of a difference between them and PCUSA (I'm sure there are many, this is just in my experience), so that they're declining doesn't particularly surprise me. I'd expect to see many of the older Reformed denominations decline in membership, especially as their theology liberalizes.

I do see Particular Baptists, Reformed Baptists, Sovereign Grace Baptists, etc. growing by leaps and bounds - even many of the IFBx types seem to be quite worried over the inroads Calvinism in making into their young people. It's pretty interesting to see admittedly flawed groups like The Gospel Coalition bringing together thousands of millennials who are interested in theology and the church - that, in itself, is very encouraging to me.

 

Oh. It must have been in the 1960s when I last read about her. I used to watch Hsyfird on tv. As for Chuck Smith, I listened to him for a few years on radio in the1980s. I always liked him.

 

Tom - been trying to catch you. Sent you a PM.

 

Yes, Frank Thompson, editor of the Thompson Chain-Reference Bible, served under Sister Aimee. He was a dean at her L.I.F.E. Bible College

 

Yes indeed. Joyce Meyer is pretty famous. Kathryn kuhlman was pretty famous in her day.

 

The nondenominational church is experiencing huge growth.

 

So is the Charismatic/[Pentecostal churches, as are mega churches, but there is a real lack of truth among those groups!

 

May I ask you, what qualifies as a church?

You are correct, people aren't leaving churches because of homosexuality. They are leaving (one reason) because there is no difference between culture and church, so there is no need to waste one's time.