Doing away with old-fashioned theology hasn't helped mainline congregations. In fact, it may have hastened their decline.
once a mainstay of American religion, are now shrinking by about 1 million members annually
A 2015 report by the Pew Research Center found that these congregations, once a mainstay of American religion, are now shrinking by about 1 million members annually. Fewer members not only means fewer souls saved, a frightening thought for some clergy members, but also less income for churches, further ensuring their decline.
Fewer members
not only means fewer souls saved,
a frightening thought for some clergy members,
but also
less income for churches,
further ensuring their decline.
(My Note) and history shows us ISLAM and such by up the churchs BUILDINGS and spread such anti-christ doctrine as ISLAMS
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/01/04/liberal-churches-are-dying-but-conservative-churches-are-thriving/?utm_term=.c4d752be7d61