It's not if, it is when!

Dan Kimball in his new book, "They Like Jesus But Not The Church", has this to say...
"I once heard someone explain that the church in America is not above what happened in Europe. European nations have truly become post-Christian nations. Their great cathedrals and church buildings once were filled with people, but now they sit almost empty on Sunday mornings and serve as tourist attractions. Far more people go through them sightseeing than actually worship there. We shouldn't think we're above such a thing happening here. With the increasing dropout rate of people in emerging generations, it could be our destiny that in thirty or forty years, all of our recently constructed mega-church buildings, which are now filled with people will end up as virtually empty tourist attractions. I bet in Europe they never guessed that was their future, and we shouldn't be so overly confident that it won't happen here too."

The Planter responds, It is happening in America. Two thirds of our emerging generations have or are leaving the church upon high school graduation. That's a well documented fact. Emerging generations are missing in action within the static institutional church. They love Jesus, they long to serve Him, they seek intimacy, they long for authenticity and they live for truth. They clearly want Jesus but do not seek Him at church.

The huge difference between Europe and America is simple to see. Europe didn't see the train wreck coming, but in America we do.