From Mainline to Sideline – The Death of Protestant America
Posted on August 26, 2008
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The collapse of the Protestant mainline has been swift, steady, and self-inflicted. These denominations embraced theological liberalism and adopted accommodationism as a cultural posture. Bottum estimates that less than 8 percent of Americans are now members of “the central churches of the Protestant Mainline”.
– Al Mohler comments on a revealing article by Joseph Bottum in the current issue of First Things.