@ChrisHarrison I touch on this in one of my upcoming Andy B 2 Minute Videos....out this Wednesday evening (UK) titled A Busy Business
It's a bigger epedemic than Covid, that's for sure!
Thanks for your YouTube link - will check it out when I can
Andy B
@ChrisHarrison I was once in a meeting, with a group of churches planning another holiday club, together
One of their written down, stated intentions, was "to show that they were not a dead church"
I wasn't very popular during that meeting. I didn't let that one alone!!
In the UK we're dominated by coffee shops, a reliance on building hire to make money, and anything that makes the church look trendy.
1 particular scourge is Messy Church. Such a nightmare of a thing, but it's popular because it makes churches feel good cos it gets people in the building, but without actually engaging them with Jesus Christ. it's just a cheap couple of hours of childcare that generates more serious troubles than I can type out here...so many churches have grown very large ghost congregations; dozens of people who will never engage with church, but keep church people busy (it's very resource heavy!)
That one, in particular, gets me down - as someone passionate about engaging children with Jesus!
@Berrybunchfamily thank you and I will check out yours as well.