St. Mark Presbyterian Church
Newport Beach, CA:
St. Mark EXTRA!
Last week I made reference to the Pew Forum study that was recently published on "Why Americans Go (and Don't Go) to Religious Services." I mentioned that there was one aspect of the report on which I wanted to push back a little bit. I need to clarify that I am not pushing back on the integrity of the report. As I said last week, I believe the Pew organizations do their work very, very well. My pushback is that I think this report feeds and draws on one of our more misguided ways of viewing the church. Let me…
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