Oh, now THIS is interesting...

An extensive year-long study in Great Britain has discovered that the decline in churchgoing is due to the people's complaints about "excessive liberalism and lack of conviction" in the church.

Here's some prime quotes:

The 42-page report is an indictment of modern preaching and worship, illustrating how excessive liberalism and lack of conviction are driving worshippers from the pews.

The report portrays a desire for sermons based on the Bible and traditional teaching, rather than on politics, social affairs or audience-pleasing stunts.

The report calls for better apologetics, or Christian teaching, and claims that many clergy are unable to mount a convincing argument in defence of Christianity and are not interested in trying.

The report blames the contemporary practice of teaching the universal nature of God’s love. Because people believe God will continue to love them no matter what they do, they no longer see any need to go to church to confess their sins or seek guidance on how to change their lives.


No duh. Take away sin and what the heck do we God or a church for? Those liberal clergy are "loving" themselves out of existence...

Read the whole thing at the Times Online, "Liberal and weak clergy blamed for empty pews"