The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Sweden says people are continuing to abandon the faith in record numbers. More than 90,000 left the church in 2016 and the main reason cited was “they do not believe in God.” The Local reported on Tuesday that the 90,000 who left the church last year is almost double the number of those who quit in 2015. The steep drop saw as many as 1.5 percent of the entire membership abandon the church. The Swedish Church, which used pollsters Norstat to conduct the survey,
found that 40 percent of respondents left because they “no longer believe in God,” which was the most popular reason given. Another 18 percent said that they no longer found the churchgoing experience meaningful, while 17 percent said that it was “too expensive.” Pernilla Jonsson, head of analysis at the Swedish Church’s department for research, suggested that revelations last year that church officials made expensive trips abroad did not help with the public image. READ MORE
4/12/17= 33- day 332 of the sign
To: Editor, Owner and All
~ The Lord Jesus gave “the sign of the prophet Jonah” ~ REPENT ~ (Matthew 12:38-45 NKJV) on 5/12/16= 33. Revealed with living water events and scripture, He then confirmed the sign, with His age in the date. Repent is the message.
Mentioned in 2 Thessalonians 2, our world is seeing “the falling away” and “they should believe the lie”. These events and “the sign of the prophet Jonah” may lead to our believing that we will be “caught up” soon, any moment, any time, even now(1 Thessalonians 4:17 NKJV). There is an ongoing, escalating and ever increasing intensity of world events, as it is stated in the Holy Bible NKJV. “See, I have told you beforehand.” Matthew 24:25 NKJV
In other words, nevertheless, anyway, all that needs to be said here and now, the only message- the ONLY sign that will be given, HAS BEEN GIVEN! ~ REPENT ~