In three stories that I find closely related, we find just how desperate the state of Christianity is in England, and we find where the evangelicals are placing their emphasis.
Churchgoing on its knees as Christianity falls out of favour
"Church attendance in Britain is declining so fast that the number of regular churchgoers will be fewer than those attending mosques within a generation, research published today suggests."
Church attendance in Wales ‘plummeting’
"New figures compiled after an analysis of membership of religious bodies have revealed the numbers attending church on a monthly basis could fall from 200,000 to fewer than 40,000 over the next four decades – that is less than the average attendance at Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge football ground."
Meanwhile, seeing where the true problem lies, the evangelicals have decided to concentrate serious effort to combat global warming:
Evangelicals press to fight global warming
The once-tiny Christian environmental movement began quickly accelerating in 2006, when 85 prominent evangelical leaders signed on to the Evangelical Climate Initiative calling for action on global warming. That number has since climbed to more than 100.
"It's a bit out of the ordinary for evangelicals to be involved with this issue," said Jim Jewell, chief operating officer of the Evangelical Environmental Network, a group that educates and mobilizes Christians on environmental issues. "The evangelical involvement with climate has kind of shaken the political landscape a bit."
While the evangelicals are out baptizing a tree in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, the warming of Hell gets stoked by more and more Britons. And, yes, that's a bit of hyperbole, but what is truly more important? The death of their religion or joining a controversial political opinion?
Then again, if the U.S. southern evangelicals went to London, they'd likely just stand on street corners yelling at people that they are going to hell because of Darwin and fornication (which is exactly how Jesus preached, right?), in which case Christianity wouldn't last another six months over there. Perhaps the new focus on the environment is not so bad after all.
Churchgoing on its knees as Christianity falls out of favour
"Church attendance in Britain is declining so fast that the number of regular churchgoers will be fewer than those attending mosques within a generation, research published today suggests."
Church attendance in Wales ‘plummeting’
"New figures compiled after an analysis of membership of religious bodies have revealed the numbers attending church on a monthly basis could fall from 200,000 to fewer than 40,000 over the next four decades – that is less than the average attendance at Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge football ground."
Meanwhile, seeing where the true problem lies, the evangelicals have decided to concentrate serious effort to combat global warming:
Evangelicals press to fight global warming
The once-tiny Christian environmental movement began quickly accelerating in 2006, when 85 prominent evangelical leaders signed on to the Evangelical Climate Initiative calling for action on global warming. That number has since climbed to more than 100.
"It's a bit out of the ordinary for evangelicals to be involved with this issue," said Jim Jewell, chief operating officer of the Evangelical Environmental Network, a group that educates and mobilizes Christians on environmental issues. "The evangelical involvement with climate has kind of shaken the political landscape a bit."
While the evangelicals are out baptizing a tree in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, the warming of Hell gets stoked by more and more Britons. And, yes, that's a bit of hyperbole, but what is truly more important? The death of their religion or joining a controversial political opinion?
Then again, if the U.S. southern evangelicals went to London, they'd likely just stand on street corners yelling at people that they are going to hell because of Darwin and fornication (which is exactly how Jesus preached, right?), in which case Christianity wouldn't last another six months over there. Perhaps the new focus on the environment is not so bad after all.
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