3500 -- 4000 churches close their doors each year In America

I totally agree with you on that. However, the Bible commands us to not forsake the body or the assembly. This is so that we wouldn't go back into the ways of the world, and so that we would be held to some sort of accountability with one another. The longer someone stays out of church, the easier it will be for them to slide back into their old habits. Church is there to protect you, and to provide support from other Christians so that you don't feel like you're fighting the battle alone.


"Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching" - Hebrews 10:25

There are many holes in all religions and many questions, that once asked, open your eyes to the real purpose of religion.

To find a true and deep inner peace you don't need a book or a building. Treat everyone as your equal and respect everyone no matter their class, race or religion.

Humanity should be united together. The separation is there by design to stop us from discovering what we once were, what we are and what we can be.

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Why does everyone assume people are "falling away" from god?

I had no idea the Joe Schmoe and his crew of construction workers were "injecting" god into the building constructed for the purpose of congregating. Or wait..does god magically fill the church the instant a preacher/reverend/pastor and so on and so forth enter it? God is EVERYWHERE. A church isn't needed.

You can worship at home, in your car, in the restroom, in the park. You don't need to frequent a building filled with, in most cases, self righteous, hateful so called church goers. That is the problem..the people that are attending, that is why other people are turning away, not to mention the psychos at the helm spending most of their time trying to scare the shit out of others. I don't need to hear about hell-fire and brimstone and about how others are going to suffer for eternity for this sin and that sin.

People aren't falling away from god, they are leaving the fake Roman State religion and its demented offshoots.

They are rediscovering god, and he doesn't hang his son up on a cross...

This shit is so funny yet they pay 10% to this man



Benny Hinn - Dark Lord of the Sith

Great news. But how many church's to go?

Potsdam Baptist church closes doors after 188 years



(01/02/12) After 188 years, the First Baptist church in Potsdam has voted to close. The remaining members gathered for their final services this weekend. A congregation of thirteen founded the little American Baptist church in 1824. Nora Flaherty has the details on the dissolution of the tiny church.


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So, there's still hope for America after all.

Many are fleeing the Catholic Church

Never Let A Crack Head Sing at Your Funeral




Man i just can not stop laughing

How Will The Shocking Decline Of Christianity In America Affect The Future Of This Nation?

January 19,2012

According to that study, 15 percent of all Americans say that they have "no religion".

That is up from 8 percent in 1990.

That is quite a change.

But the move away from religion is particularly pronounced among our young people.

One recent survey found that 25 percent of all Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 say that they have no religion.

Obviously the Christian faith is not winning the battle for the hearts and the minds of our young people. The cold, hard truth is that in America today, the younger you are, the less likely you are to consider yourself to be a Christian.

Large numbers of young Americans that went to church while they were growing up are now leaving U.S. churches entirely. A recent study by the Barna Group discovered that nearly 60 percent of all Christians between the ages of 15 and 29 are no long actively involved in any church.

But not only have they left the church, our young people have also abandoned just about all forms of Christian spirituality.

Just check out the results of one survey of young adults that was conducted by LifeWay Christian Resources....

•65% rarely or never pray with others, and 38% almost never pray by themselves either.

•65% rarely or never attend worship services of any kind.

•67% don't read the Bible or any other religious texts on a regular basis.


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No not the "zionists" whatever that is. It was the pedo Jesuits causing the mass-exodus.

good info and videos

Largest Christian Groups Report Membership Decline

February 25, 2009
The Southern Baptist Convention and the Roman Catholic Church – the two largest Christian communions in the country – have joined the ranks of mainline denominations in reporting membership losses, the latest church yearbook shows.

After years of continuous growth, membership in the Roman Catholic Church dropped by 0.59 percent and the Southern Baptist Convention decreased by 0.24 percent, according to the 2009 edition of the Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches, published this week.

Although the percentage losses are small compared to the total membership of the churches, the yearbook pointed out that the two communions had "grown dependably" over the years and "now they join virtually every mainline church in reporting a membership decline."

There are no clear-cut theological or sociological reasons for church growth or decline, says the Rev. Dr. Eileen W. Lindner, editor of the yearbook.

"Many churches are feeling the impact of the lifestyles of younger generations of church-goers – the 'Gen X'ers' or 'Millenials' in their 20s and 30s who attend and support local congregations but resist joining them," Lindner states in the report.

"A slowing of the rate of growth of some churches and the decline of membership of others ought to be the focus of continued research and thoughtful inquiry," she adds.



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They all came to Trotwood Ohio, there's 70 something churches here and the number is growing... must be some loophole... better not say more.

Amazing what happens when people wake up to the truth, and these nonsense peddelers can no longer promote their fantasy to a purposely dumbed down public.

Do not worry Zionist,

After the Great Warning (Revelation 6:12-17), all those
Churches will be full, standing room, with people out the door.

Even better, they'll all be Roman Catholic!

Good. Let mass religion die.

As a Bible-believing, born-again follower of Jesus Christ, I'd have to say this statement sums up why the churches are closing down.

Not for the poster's reason, but because of the religious dogma the poster is spouting. People hate it.

"We and we alone have the truth. Only me and my 144,000 are going to Heaven (this includes my family, of course). Sunday is the devil's day, Saturday is the true Sabbath. You must be baptized or you're going to hell. You must speak in tongues or you're not saved. We pray to the saints and to the Virgin Mary. We only listen to hymns. We only listen to contemporary. We should give all our money to the poor. We should support such and such political views. We should support Israel. We should follow the Law and the Ten Commandments (except for following the Sabbath, of course.) We shouldn't follow the Law at all, the Law is dead. Etcetera, etcetera, etcetera."

This is why church doors are closing. Fundamentalist Christianity (every word of the Bible is literally true) has ruined the understanding of the scriptures. God speaks to us metaphorically, symbolically, allegorically, and literally through poetry, proverbs, commandments, history, and parables.

When people stop majoring on the minor differences of the faith and start being obedient to the SIMPLEST of Jesus' commands (i.e. Love your enemies, love they neighbor as thyself, do good to those that hate you, etc.), then the church will start growing again.

Damn the ungodly state of Israel for causing all this confusion in the American church by deceiving America into supporting its dastardy, ungodly wars. When Jesus came, He established the New Covenant. Under that New Covenant, we are bound to live a sacrificial life - not to conquer the land of Canaan. That's the Old Covenant.

The Decline Of Christianity In America


Are we witnessing the decline of Christianity in America? When you examine all of the most recent poll numbers, the answer is inescapable. Christian churches in America are losing members rapidly, and this trend is especially dramatic among young Americans.

According to a stunning new survey by America's Research Group, 95 percent of 20 to 29 year old evangelicals attended church regularly during their elementary and middle school years. However, only 55 percent of them attended church regularly during high school, and only 11 percent of them were still regularly attending church when in college.

Those numbers have got to be incredibly sobering to the evangelical Christian leadership in the United States.

The reality is that young Americans are deserting the Church in America in droves.

According to that survey, 15% of Americans now say they have "no religion" which is up from 8% in 1990.

That would be bad enough news for evangelical Christianity.

But there is some more news from that survey that is much worse.

In that same survey, 46% of Americans between the ages of 18 to 34 indicated that they had no religion.

Forty. Six. Percent.

It is important to realize that not all of those 46 percent are unbelievers. According to a survey by Bohan Advertising/Marketing, the Barna Group and the United Methodist Church, 62 percent of Americans in that age group consider themselves to be "spiritual", and 43 percent of them have prayed to some higher power in the last 2 months.

But what it does mean is that almost half of all Americans between the ages of 18 and 34 do not identify themselves with any particular religion.

And when you look at more recent poll numbers for Christianity in particular, the numbers become even more staggering.

Another new survey by the Barna group reveals that less than 1 percent of all Americans between the ages of 18 and 23 hold a Biblical worldview. This new poll data clearly demonstrates that the youngest adults in America are clearly rejecting traditional evangelical Christian teaching.



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pedo peists = evil

In Europe
1 More churches closing
2 Majority old attending
3 Many christian leaving Christianity

Thats because people are finally WAKING UP to the fear and manipulation and the control and the EVIL of the churches.

Its all about greed and pride and money and arrogance..

PEOPLE ARE SICK OF IT.

They go to church to find LOVE..and walk away having only found HATE!

WELCOME TO REALITY.

i really hope in the new age we move away from the centralization of spirit into relegions and organizations, there is nothing new about that, its been going on for aeons same shit different clothing!

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