In Powerful Decline

There is a sad state of affairs in the old mainline denominatioins, but at the same time, this may be the start of renewall for the masses. Growing up Lutheran, I have a special place in my heart for the old systems - as flawed as they may be. Read this.

Excerpt (in regard to the Presbyterian Church USA):

[In] 1965, when membership peaked at 4,254,597, and the church's liberals proposed a new confession. "The Confession of 1967," named for the year it was adopted, downplayed the authority of the Bible in favor of assorted social issues. By the end of 1999, membership had plummeted to 2,560,201, a 39.8 percent drop.