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    Are We Living In a Declining Era of Christianity?
    Are We Living In a Declining Era of Christianity?
    Are We Living In a Declining Era of Christianity?
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    Are We Living In a Declining Era of Christianity?

    By Ken Kapreilian

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    Newly revised for 2019. This book explores the issues regarding our current era and answers the very important question. Are We Living In a Declining Era of Christianity?

    This current era that we are living in, is the opposite of era which gave us The Great Awakening. Remember that The Great Awakening of the late 18th and early 19th century were localized and not worldwide.

    Many people have asked the following question, “Has God given up on our nation?” The right question to ask is, “Has our nation given up on God?”

    This book is written in a thought provoking and informative style. So that after you have finished reading it, you will be fully informed to answer this very important question, "Are we living in a declining era of Christianity?"
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateAug 8, 2015
    ISBN9781329547452
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      Are We Living In a Declining Era of Christianity? - Ken Kapreilian

      Are We Living In a Declining Era of Christianity?

      Are We Living In a Declining Era of Christianity?

      Ken Kapreilian

      © Kapreilian Publishing    2019

      Any use or reproduction without written consent is prohibited by law, except for short media excerpts. All rights reserved.

      ISBN #: 978-1-329-54745-2

      Introduction

      Is this current era that we are living in, the opposite of era which gave us The Great Awakening? Remember that The Great Awakening of the late 18th and early 19th century were localized vs. worldwide. Many people have asked the following question;

      Has God given up on our nation?

      I believe that previous question was the wrong one to ask. The right question is;

      Has our nation given up on God?

      For the scope of this book, the word ‘nation’ is not limited to any one country and can be applied in a global perspective.

      Examples of Beliefs and Behaviors in a Declining Era of Christianity

      Has our nation given up on God? The following is an excerpt that appeared in Christianity Today.

      "15 Measurements of Whether Americans Are Post-Christian

      Adding to the mounting research on religiously unaffiliated Americans (i.e. nones), the Barna Group examined 15 measures of non-religiosity and drew some interesting conclusions We wanted to expand the scope of secularization beyond what people call themselves, said president David Kinnaman in Barna's announcement of its findings. Faith-oriented self-descriptions are fine, but they are really only skin-deep in terms of understanding faith. In addition to identity, we also wanted to account for two other critical aspects of faith: belief as well as behavior.

      So Barna created an aggregate metric of post-Christian culture based upon 15 measures:

      Post-Christian = meet at least 60% of the following 15 factors (9 or more factors)

      Highly post-Christian = meet at least 80% of the following 15 factors (12 or more factors)

      1. Do not believe in God

      2. Identify as atheist or agnostic

      3. Disagree that faith is important in their lives

      4. Have not prayed to God (in the last year)

      5. Have never made a commitment to Jesus

      6. Disagree the Bible is accurate

      7. Have not donated money to a church (in the last year)

      8. Have not attended a Christian church (in the last year)

      9. Agree that Jesus committed sins

      10. Do not feel a responsibility to share their faith

      11. Have not read the Bible (in the last week)

      12. Have not volunteered at church (in the last week)

      13. Have not attended Sunday school (in the last week)

      14. Have not attended religious small group (in the last week)

      15. Do not participate in a house church (in the last year)"

      Adding to the mounting research on religiously unaffiliated Americans (i.e. nones), the Barna Group examined 15 measures of non-religiosity and drew some interesting conclusions (infographic at bottom of post[1]).

      Barna examined past surveys and concluded that 37 percent of American adults qualify as post-Christian (according to its criteria), with roughly 1 in 4 of such adults qualifying as highly post-Christian. It also found that Mosaics (48%) are more likely to qualify as post-Christian as Boomers (35%) and Seniors (28%)."

      An additional definition of post Christian is as follows:

      "A post Christian world is one in which Christianity is no longer the dominant civil religion, but that has gradually assumed values, culture, and worldviews that are not necessarily Christian (and further may not necessarily reflect any world religion's standpoint, or may represent a combination of either several religions or none). Post Christian tends to refer to the loss of Christianity's monopoly, if not its followers, in historically Christian societies.[2]"

      Newer research has shown that this trend is continuing. The younger the generation, the more post-Christian it is:

      Millennials (born between 1984 and 2002) — 48 percent

      Bigger is not better

      The following excerpt[3] is another example of the decline of Christianity in this era.

      "How I dumped the mega-church model and found something bigger

      Each year, the nones in our society (those who check none for religious affiliation) grow at an astounding rate. Some have used those statistics to declare the end of the American church. And while this fear of secularism is a bit overblown, the stats do raise an essential point: Churches that want to reach ‘nones’ read to retool. Nones do not saunter their way back into church because a particular pastor is super-engaging, the music is cool, or the guest services are Disney-esque. Nones feel like the church is a separate world in which they have no part.

      A British friend of mine, Steve Timmis, cites a study in Great Britain in which 70 percent of Brits say they have no intention of ever attending a church service. For any reason. Not at Easter. Not for marriages. Not for funerals or Christmas Eve services.

      Seventy percent! Great Britain may be a few years ahead of the United States in the progress of secularization, but judging by the rapidly increasing presence of nones, this is where we are headed,

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