The Pastor’s Heart with Dominic Steele
Religion & Spirituality:Christianity
Stephen McAlpine says the real question is “Does the future have a church?”
The statistics are not our friend.
We have been talking on The Pastor’s Heart about dropping church attendance. Stephen McAlpine is writing about the more widespread phenomenon.
He says some countries like the US are coming off a high base and in those places there is fat and cultural cachet to play with, whereas the level of religious commitment in the UK has dropped so dramatically that it is possible to imagine a time when Christianity will be a thing of the past.
In Australia the proportion of people self identifying as Christians has shrunk to 51% down from 67% just ten years ago.
Church attendance across the west is collapsing with the rise of nones and dones.
Ministry Consultant Stephen McAlpine from Perth in Western Australia has a new book FUTUREPROOF.
Order online: https://wanderingbookseller.com.au/products/future-proof
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