Religion may be choking the growth of Christianity in America.
It's not so much postmodernism that many Christians lament of, or the "harder hearts" of the younger generation, or a less interested God that's causing more and more pews to be empty. Rather, the culprit seems to be religion, as one Durham, N.C., pastor pointed out.
"Religion seems to choke out the Gospel among God's people," J.D. Greear, lead pastor of The Summit Church, told hundreds of pastors at Advance, a conference on the resurgence of the local church.
And until Christians repent of religion, no program, energy, or strategy will help them to grow, Greear said Friday.
This story is right on the money. And it is why I use uncommon terms to describe my faith. We need to stop being religious, and start falling in love with our Lord.
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