Sinobach @sinbach@dingdash.com

@bethany @sinbach yep...some of those quotes are really upsetting

Especially that 2/3 of british Christians don't attend a church... We're currently part of that 2/3 while we continue to get past, well, lets just call them 'troubles

My passion has historically been to reach the lost in church...maybe I need to start thinking about the 2/3...especially since we're part of those numbers

http://www.whychurch.org.uk/gendergap.php

@sinbach

In light of your podcast with @bethany when I stumbled on this I thought of you

This is pretty distressing reading and very blunt - "Men will be absent from church by 2028 at the current rate" and the departure of men is, according to statistics anyway, "speeding up"

It states Mentioned that men are increasingly not applying to be priests/vicars/ministers etc

Church attendance in the UK has dropped by 50% since 1950, and "has become a place by women for women"

Also, that two thirds of the UK Christian populations do not attend a church.........

Those few quotes made me re-read them several times!

@sinbach so great! These people are serious. Yesterday I met an Iranian man (in our house church meeting in Sweden) who has been 40 yrs in Sweden. The only person he is in contact with in Iran is his Muslim mother, with whom he's got a tense relationship. He wanted us to pray for both her and him. His eyes teared up when I wanted to talk about Iran with him and what I have heard. For instance that these people are ready to die for Christ. He said that he's been into lukewarm Christian religion in Sweden which has led him away from the Lord, but lately he's wanted to take his faith more seriously.

This is apartheid, but I'm glad that it's not as strict as in Australia, Canada, France, Israel etc. But I wish we would have chosen the same path as the other Nordic countries.

"While it remains to be seen how widespread use of the pass will be, the types of establishments which could request the pass include: sports venues, gyms, swimming pools, theatres, museums and similar cultural spaces as well as bars, restaurants and nightclubs."

https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/finland_approves_covid_pass/12146470?fbclid=IwAR1eV7ypd1JHQycALJglIJkK0yLOnkLaQgUkjlQqQFlE73oGdhQGRraekW4

In Italy the situation is really unbearable. Without a vaccination passport you can no longer work. As I have already written to you since the first of September I am at home without work. It's sad but it's happening right under our eyes. I have been a believer for twenty years and I can assure you that it is a very hard test. I am also thinking of expatriation but I don't even know where to go. They took our jobs away! Pray again for my wife and me. Let's pray together for Italy. Remember that what is happening now here could happen anywhere because Italy has been chosen as the world leader for the organization of vaccinations. Thanks again. I love you in Jesus Christ.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=euCqzIgvZVM&feature=youtu.be

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"God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble." -Psalm 46:1 🏰💪✝️

@sinbach I am so grateful for good healthcare. I sit right now in an ER. My special son has badly broken leg which has broken before. My heart is breaking but I am grateful for good care. I want miraculous healing, but I remain grateful.