Overstated Headlines Lie About Death of Christianity in U.S.

For a long time now, I've been struggling against the American faith doomsayers. Now that Pew Research has released their study of the American religious landscape in 2014, I need to call us back from the edge of the death of the church in the United States. The doomsayers are wrong, and paying attention history shows it.

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In Defense of Church Absenteeism

​This will break the line of thought I've been developing, but in an effort to get some interblog conversation going, I want to respond to a blog post from a colleague. Click here to read it. I would normally do this in the comments section of his blog, but given what will be my rambling response to his reasonable thought, I need more room. Of late, I've experienced several people, often pastors, complaining about lack of attendance at church. I give Frank credit for looking to some reason rather than just venting, but I think we as church need to look harder at both ourselves and the changing culture of the United States.

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