As you have gotten older, What has changed. you or the churches?

[Zaatar71]

How do you see your local church, or churches in your area?

Are they rock solid, or a leaky vessel?

What has changed in your lifetime?

 

[Reynolds]

How do you see your local church, or churches in your area?

Are they rock solid, or a leaky vessel?

What has changed in your lifetime?

Sinking ship is more accurate.

 

[Zaatar71]

Sinking ship is more accurate.

What do you see as the cause of this decline?

 

[Silverhair]

What do you see as the cause of this decline?

Lack of biblical knowledge of the average pew sitter. And preachers that should have spent more time in study and less time talking. I can't call it preaching as that would require that they actually knew the word of God.

 

[Reynolds]

What do you see as the cause of this decline?

Strong preaching of Doctrine has been abandoned or compromised in favor of less offensive, more pragmatic approaches.

 

[Zaatar71]

Lack of biblical knowledge of the average pew sitter. And preachers that should have spent more time in study and less time talking. I can't call it preaching as that would require that they actually knew the word of God.

Have you had an opportunity to discuss your concerns with the elders? If so, what response did you receive?

 

[Zaatar71]

Strong preaching of Doctrine has been abandoned or compromised in favor of less offensive, more pragmatic approaches.

Seeker sensitive entertainment, stories , and jokes, rather that scripture? A catchy song leader, or "worship" team? let's not sing the old hymns, replace it with a few chorus 's on repeat, 10 x...is it like that now?

 

[Reynolds]

Pretty much sums it up.

 

[Charlie24]

Strong preaching of Doctrine has been abandoned or compromised in favor of less offensive, more pragmatic approaches.

I went to WV some years ago to visit an old Army buddy for a few days. He was a SB and we had already made plans to go to his Church before I left on Sunday afternoon.

When I walked in the Church that Sunday morning they were throwing footballs to each other all through the seated congregation. I asked Greg what this was all about, he said their local High School team were in the playoffs and they were excited.

The preacher began to preach, well he began to talk actually. There was no sermon, he talked at a Sunday morning service for 45 minutes on the history of that schools football team.

 

[Reynolds]

I went to WV some years ago to visit an old Army buddy for a few days. He was a SB and we had already made plans to go to his Church before I left on Sunday afternoon.

When I walked in the Church that Sunday morning they were throwing footballs to each other all through the seated congregation. I asked Greg what this was all about, he said their local High School team were in the playoffs and they were excited.

The preacher began to preach, well he began to talk actually. There was no sermon, he talked at a Sunday morning service for 45 minutes on the history of that schools football team.

Many preachers no longer call their Sermons “sermons”. They call them “talks”.

 

[Reynolds]

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Sinking ship is more accurate.

To be more clear, this is in reference to most churches in my area. My church is extremely fundamental.

 

[KJB1611reader]

No more hymnbooks, more modern songs that don't sound right.

More scripted sermons.

Short sermons.

Longer worship.