With a woman to look at culture from a Christian worldview, I'm John Stone Street with the point.

According to recent research by Pastor Ryan Burge of Eight Major Protestant denominations,

only the Assemblies of God has seen a steady increase in church membership since 1987.

Each of the other aid, most of the denominations that are now fully progressive, theologically

and culturally, are experiencing steady decline.

Denominations like the Episcopal Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America,

the PC USA all began long ago to move away from orthodoxy and to capitulate to new ideas

about sex, gender and marriage.

The Assemblies of God, on the other hand, remain committed to orthodoxy on matters of

Scripture authority, the deity of Christ, the resurrection, and on sexual matters.

It supports the protection of life at all stages, marriage between a man and a woman, and

insists that the body reflects biological sex.

Christians are constantly pressured both within the church and without to evolve on these issues,

or, we're told, will die out.

It seems, however, that biblical orthodoxy can draw people in, maybe because it provides

an anchor in confusing times.

For The Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street.