The Shrink wrote:How is the word we receive being distorted....a church with 19 pastors, and 3000 members must be doing somethig right.
When I was in seminary (M. Theology) I read the Bible, took courses on the Bible, and frequently preached God's word.
I don't think any of you pea brains caught the fact that I am an ordained minister AS WELL as a shrink.....HA!
Shrink, you seem to think the PCUSA and your church are impressive; BQO said the same thing about the ELCA. So, if your liberal stance is so impressive to Americans tell me why your denominations are shrinking in numbers. The PCUSA has lost a large percentage of its membership over the last couple of decades or so. Just for comparison here are some figures you can look at.
Since its organization in 1845 in Augusta, Georgia, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) has grown to over 16 million members who worship in more than 42,000 churches in the United States. Southern Baptists sponsor about 5,000 home missionaries serving the United States, Canada, Guam and the Caribbean, as well as sponsoring more than 5,000 foreign missionaries in 153 nations of the world.
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has approximately 2.5 million members, 11,200 congregations and 21,000 ordained ministers. Presbyterians trace their history to the 16th century and the Protestant Reformation. Our heritage, and much of what we believe, began with the French lawyer John Calvin (1509-1564), whose writings crystallized much of the Reformed thinking that came before him.
ELCA
Baptized Members: 5,099,877, down 26,042 from previous year
Just from the numbers it seems the SBC has better answers than both the PCUSA and ELCA combined.