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The perils of ?wannabe cool? Christianity

By Alliance Alert

Wall Street Journal: "Recent statistics have shown an increasing exodus of young people from churches, especially after they leave home and live on their own. In a 2007 study, Lifeway Research determined that 70% of young Protestant adults between 18-22 stop attending church regularly. Statistics like these have created something of a mania in recent years . . . Increasingly, the 'plan' has taken the form of a total image overhaul, where efforts are made to rebrand Christianity as hip, countercultural, relevant . . . But are these gimmicks really going to bring young people back to church? Is this what people really come to church for? Maybe sex sermons and indie- rock worship music do help in getting people in the door, and maybe even in winning new converts. But what sort of Christianity are they being converted to?"

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on August 13, 2010 (boomark / email).