A Mainline Collapse: The Twilight of Liberal Christianity?
26th July 2012
In 2006, the Episcopal Church’s presiding bishop, Katherine Jefferts Schori, told the New York Times that Episcopalians were not interested in “replenishing their ranks by having children.” Instead, the church “[encouraged] people to pay attention to the stewardship of the earth and not use more than their portion.”
Is it possible to nominate an institution for a Darwin Award?
Since 2000, the Episcopal Church has lost 23 percent of its members. At this rate, there will be no Episcopalians in 26 years.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that….
July 26th, 2012 at 10:42
It’s a start.
Now if we can also see the mainline collapse of conservative Christianity, then we’ll be getting somewhere.