Episode 16 - How to Destroy a Denomination

Over the last few years, a growing number of mainstream Christian denominations have begun to depart from the historic Christian understanding of sex and marriage. While this may have been done in an effort to make gospel more appealing to the wider culture, could it actually have the opposite effect? If denominations are destroying themselves then who is to blame? Is it the liberal progressives pushing for a redefinition of the Bible’s teaching or the evangelicals who are not willing to let this go as a secondary issue? And what are we to make of the vast number of Christians in the majority world who don’t support these changes? Do they need to get with the program or are we in danger of ignoring the voices of Christians outside of the West? As ever, Andy, Aaron and Michael discuss all these meaty questions and more in this provocative and thought provoking episode. Please remember that Pod of the Gaps is a listener-supported-podcast. We really, really need your help to keep these episodes coming: please consider supporting us with a small donation at https://www.patreon.com/wkop In the show, we mentioned a couple of resources: Douglas Murray's conversation with Tom Wright: https://www.thebigconversation.show/mythmiraclesandidentity Research on which churches are growing: Haskell, D.M., Flatt, K., Burgoyne, S. (2016). "Theology Matters: Comparing the Traits of Growing and Declining Mainline Protestant Church Attendees and Clergy". Review of Religious Research, 58(4) pp. 515-541 — online @ http://rdcu.be/nyf5