There comes a moment after Easter when life begins to feel ordinary again. The celebrations
have passed. The rhythm of daily life returns. We go back to the familiar. Something has changed. Or at least, something has the potential to change. https://t.co/7vUi72ZcMd
As I approach death, the best way to describe what’s coming next is not “I’m dying,” but “I’m finally going home.” I don’t know what it’s like yet, but in my older age I can really trust that it is home. https://t.co/XRfsxIaJgD
📸 Esther Avdokhina #DailyMeditations
“The Word did everything,” Martin Luther wrote, and the Reformation came upon them. Perhaps the Word will come upon evangelicals and the rest of us before it is too late, if we teach, preach and write it as we ought, with or without Wittenberg beer. https://t.co/NzjXVYx0vO
Among Christians of all stripes, the lines between dominionism, nationalism and fascism are not only increasingly blurred — they are increasingly irrelevant. https://t.co/n0ZDyyKeZ7
“Every time the church seeks to align itself with either existing powers that be or [those] aspiring to power, it actually loses.” Miroslav Volf https://t.co/KpMmj6m3ir
Ready for sober news?
UCC lost 29K last year.
ABCUSA lost 10K.
PCUSA lost 53K.
UMC lost 553K
TEC lost 56K
ELCA lost 110K
SBC lost 457K.
That's 1.27M members lost.
ACNA added 2549 members last year.
PCA added 3820.
AoG added 35722.
That's 42,091 members added.