Recently an article about United Methodist membership decline in the U.S. described me as not confident about the church’s future in America. Actually, I am very hopeful but expect another two decades of loss before there’s a turnaround, after the Africans become a majority and help to evangelistically transform the denomination.
Driving through the Virginia countryside always reminds me of American Methodism’s past greatness. There’s an old church often every few miles as a testimony to 19th century Methodist revivalism. Yesterday driving along beautiful Rt. 50 through the Virginia hunt country I passed Middleburg United Methodist, built in the 1850s.
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