‘They Just Don’t Come Anymore!’

[342 words] I recently was in conversation with a gentlemen who has been a Christian for approximately sixty or more years, he remarked to me that back in “his day,” he would have twelve to fifteen teens in his class. He followed that comment with, “They just don’t come anymore!” Not be an alarmist, but friends the Lord’s church in the United States, numerically speaking, is in decline! According to Rob Whitacre, an evangelist whose ministry is focused on traveling to congregations to lead workshops geared towards evangelism stated, “The church has been declining for forty years!” Now, if a business has been in decline that long, wouldn’t a new course of action be developed? Or, if a school district is losing students, would a sense of urgency be felt quickly. The answer is, “yes.” Much could be said about addressing the problem of the church losing members. Has the…