Episode 177: Is the American Church Decline Contributing to Abuse?

Nov 11, 2021 · 42m 32s
Episode 177: Is the American Church Decline Contributing to Abuse?
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The church in the US is in a freefall decline. The decline is unprecedented. The majority of church membership is held in churches of under 100 in attendance. At the...

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The church in the US is in a freefall decline. The decline is unprecedented. The majority of church membership is held in churches of under 100 in attendance. At the same time, the megachurches are growing while "mom and pop" small churches are closing their doors. The problem is very, very dire. So where does this leave our children who are being raised in the church today?
Are they more at risk or is abuse going to see a decline as churches decline? We unpack this and more in this episode.

US Church in decline:
https://www.pewforum.org/2019/10/17/in-u-s-decline-of-christianity-continues-at-rapid-pace/

https://www.christianpost.com/news/sbc-church-membership-suffers-new-historic-1-year-decline.html

The Growth Gap by Christianity Today:
https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2019/march/lifeway-research-church-growth-attendance-size.html

How the Evangelical Church Messed Up and Lost Its Way:
https://baptistnews.com/article/how-the-evangelical-church-forsook-messed-up-and-lost-its-way/#.YYvwcWDMJhE

The Changing Landscape of Insuring Churches:
https://churchexecutive.com/archives/ebook/child-sexual-abuse-insurance-the-landscape-continues-to-change

Jimmy's book, The Devil Inside:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1950948617/ref=cm_sw_su_dp

Intro--
Film Glitch by Snowflake (c) copyright 2017 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/snowflake/56350 Ft: reusenoise

Outro--
I Have Often Told You Stories (guitar instrumental) by Ivan Chew (c) copyright 2013 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/ramblinglibrarian/41284
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