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TexasTowelie

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6. Could it be that the pastor's sermons were boring and irrelevant?

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Sun Sep 22, 2013, 05:41 PM

Sep 2013

The Baptist church that I grew up in as a kid had its own peaks and valleys as far as attendance was concerned. Bringing in the Aggie jokes, the puppet ministry, ventriloquist dummies, and canned music drove many members away and it probably scared visitors also.

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Church �runs out of people� after 166 years and closes for good [View all] SecularMotion Sep 2013 OP

That's happening to a lot of churches gopiscrap Sep 2013 #1

I hope the community has a replacement of sorts. n/t mr_hat Sep 2013 #2

It Happens. Churchs dies and others are born. hrmjustin Sep 2013 #3

Younger folks got sucked in by glitzy megachurches Warpy Sep 2013 #4

That Crystal Cathedral that the Schuler guy used to preach in was bought by the Catholic Church.. MADem Sep 2013 #8

Evolve or die. cbayer Sep 2013 #5

And a lot of young people are leaving religion entirely. n/t trotsky Sep 2013 #18

Could it be that the pastor's sermons were boring and irrelevant? TexasTowelie Sep 2013 #6

The article says that younger families would come once but not return. cbayer Sep 2013 #7

Churches apparently struggle to appeal to youth MyshkinCommaPrince Sep 2013 #9

How interesting that churches began to lose their popularity at the same time that Baitball Blogger Sep 2013 #10

I'm an atheist PDittie Sep 2013 #16

If you're an atheist and writing on a Liberal website, I'm going Baitball Blogger Sep 2013 #17

Grew up in rural Texas PDittie Sep 2013 #19

And you didn't pick up on the political overtures during the Bush years? Baitball Blogger Sep 2013 #20

Just an aside piece of information - Church of Christ tends to be quite cbayer Sep 2013 #21

Well, that answers my question. Baitball Blogger Sep 2013 #22

Nope. You're still mistaken. PDittie Sep 2013 #24

I agree that my position does not apply to Liberal minded churches. Baitball Blogger Sep 2013 #28

Please see response #29. PDittie Sep 2013 #30

Was not my experience at all PDittie Sep 2013 #23

Interesting. It really is considered one of the most liberal denominations out there, but cbayer Sep 2013 #25

By whom? PDittie Sep 2013 #26

There are quite a few articles about which denomination is the most liberal, and the United Church cbayer Sep 2013 #27

My congregation was not affiliated with UCoC PDittie Sep 2013 #29

If your church was not affiliated with UCC, then it is a whole different animal. cbayer Sep 2013 #31

No offense taken. PDittie Sep 2013 #32

Sorry about that. I did not realize that there were two separate groups here. cbayer Sep 2013 #33

How about an entire sect nearly run out of people eShirl Sep 2013 #11

OMG! I had no idea. cbayer Sep 2013 #12

Well... prohibiting sex is a tad shortsighted for any church. Squinch Sep 2013 #13

Celibacy for the clergy is one thing. longship Sep 2013 #14

The same fate overtook the Marcionites, which as we all remember were the main sort of Christians dimbear Sep 2013 #15