Reflection for the Week–February 2

The present day Exodus from churches continues at an unabated pace. The bail out rate from many of these is increasing as I write. European cathedrals and churches are already empty and this phenomena is spreading like wild fire in North America. When people experience a lack of love, hypocrisy, ignorance, and idolatry, then they will leave, since it appears that it makes no real difference whether they stand inside or outside a church. True, there are some good churches left, but there’s an even more than desperate need today for renewal from the bottom up, if the majority of churches are to survive.