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🗓️ 12 September 2023
⏱️ 15 minutes
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0:00.0 | Hello, and thank you for joining me today for Give Him 15. |
0:05.2 | And the title of today's post is The Disabled Church. |
0:12.7 | I recently read a very concerning article regarding millennials, |
0:18.9 | those born between 1980 and 1995. |
0:23.6 | According to George Barna, only two of every 100 from this group, |
0:30.6 | that would be 2%, have a biblical worldview. |
0:35.6 | To possess a biblical worldview means a person believes the Bible is the infallible |
0:40.6 | word of God, and they consider it the ultimate authority for all of life. Only 2%. Just let that sink in. |
0:51.9 | Basically, an entire generation of Americans believe the Bible is irrelevant. |
0:59.0 | How can anyone argue that it will not take a great awakening and Reformation to save America? |
1:07.0 | It also makes one wonder how so many churches can simply continue with business as usual. |
1:17.1 | In another article, Larry Tomzak shared more sobering stats. |
1:23.9 | 80% of America's churches, 80% of America's churches are either stagnant or in decline. |
1:31.6 | And of the 20% that are growing, most 95% of the growth is from transfers or births, not conversions. |
1:45.0 | Don't be deceived into thinking that the existence, transfers or births, not conversions. |
1:48.4 | Don't be deceived into thinking that the existence of mega churches means we have been reaching |
1:52.3 | our nation for Christ. |
1:55.1 | These large churches grew to that size |
1:58.9 | by sheep relocation, not through winning the lost to Christ. |
2:05.2 | The sad reality is that the lukewarm, complacent, get along with everyone, watered down, |
2:14.6 | entertainment-oriented, storytelling, prayerless American church has lost most of |
2:24.3 | Gen X, the Millennials, and Gen Z to Humanism and Progressivism. Yes, this can be reversed, and I believe it will be, but only through a |
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