"United" We Stand?
In the early 20th century, a vigorous campaign for union was launched among Canada's major Protestant denominations. It climaxed in 1925 when the country's Methodists, Congregationalists and most – not all – Presbyterians merged to form the United Church of Canada.The United Church of Canada has recently embarked on a $10 million dollar, 3 year ad campaign aimed at 30-45 year olds in an attempt to bolster dwindling membership. This has sparked my interest since I have recently left the United Church. What I have seen so far in these ads just reinforces to me that I made the correct decision in leaving. If anyone was to ask me what the United Church stood for, I would have a hard time answering. Why? The late 1950s saw the coming of United Church clergy with strange new ideas . . . Some were clearly political leftists, devoted to 'liberation theology' . . . . Others were simply heretical, rejecting all miracles, the virgin birth and the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is a denomination that has blurred moral and doctrinal precepts and thereby seen a concomitant large drop in attendance. Between the mid-'50s and today, the official membership figure has fallen from a high of 2 million to 500,000, while the population of Canada rose from 16 million to 32 million.
I agree with lifesite.net commentator Hilary White, who said "It is precisely those religious groups that retain strong and clearly defined doctrinal propositions about God and the purpose and value of human life, including clearly defined moral precepts, that gain and retain the interest of young adherents and converts." These are lacking in the United Church.
posted by Fireguy @ 10:23 AM
1 Comments:
Ain't touching that with a ten foot pole---- hahaha-- main thing, is not to follow blindly, but know what it is you really believe----
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