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By the early twentieth century, with the ecumenical movement in full swing, community churches were ready to cut formal ties with denominations and to demonstrate Christian unity-in-diversity. Community churches began to understand themselves as post-Protestant and postdenominational.
Nov 1, 2021 · A survey of more than 15,000 religious congregations across the United States by Faith Communities Today (FACT), fielded just before the pandemic lockdown, was recently released. It found a median decline in attendance of 7% between 2015 and 2020. It gets worse.
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The Community Church Movement originates in the early twentieth century as a highly evangelical attempt at realizing practical ecumenism: groups of Christians who leave denominationalism and engage in non-denominational Christianity. The movement attempts to support community churches in many locations. Community churches are difficult to character...
The earliest origins of the community church movement are likely from the nineteenth century and the practical concerns of many small American communities: there were not enough members of individual denominations to each have a congregation, and many times such Protestants would come together to establish a community church of sorts. The community...
Since the community church movement is, generically, a marriage of evangelicalism and ecumenism, community churches strive to be either nondenominational or even postdenominational. Regardless, most of its members come either from the world or the “evangelical” denominations, and doctrine follows accordingly. There is a body, the International Coun...
Since community churches are extremely diverse, it is impossible to make entirely accurate characterizations of any individual congregation. The list below represents a likely range of doctrines consistent with community churches.
COMMUNITY CHURCHES. Common name for independent local congregations with no formal denominational affiliation. Their growing number and influence are a typical phenomenon of American democracy in the field of religion.
Jan 11, 2024 · What is an atheist church? Secular congregations often mimic religious organizations by using the language and structure of a “church,” such as meeting on Sundays or hearing a member’s...
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Jun 4, 2019 · In a recent survey of more than 2,000 Americans ages 18 to 65-plus with Vox First Person and Morning Consult, we set out to find an answer. We asked people where they currently stand on religious...
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Jul 30, 2020 · Prediction 1: The Church in the United States will move away from public dialogue that is more divisive than unifying. Much of what we see in Christian media misses the point by focusing too much on sensational stories and not enough on issues that will be crucial for next-generation Christians.
