Dinosaur Church

Dinosaur footprint In Canada, the membership of the main line churches has also steadily fallen in recent years and there has been a dramatic increase in the number of people who report, "No religion." The dinosaur, like the church, once flourished. It felt the cold water beneath its toes. It made that famous impression in the limestone many years ago. It lived but the dinosaur also died. Long before its imprints had hardened into rock, its breath had expired. Life gave way to death and fossilization. While human beings lived on in their descendants, the dinosaur perished forever. Could it be that the Western Church, like the dinosaur, is quietly passing away and is on the road to fossilization? How else can one explain the lack of growth? How else can one understand its lifelessness?

Sinking

During a rough crossing from Dover to Calais one day, an old lady approached one of the ferry boat's crew members who was nonchalantly sweeping the floor in the passenger lounge. "Does this type of ship sink often?" she asked nervously. "Only once, Madam," was the cheerful reply. It is appointed unto human beings to die, but what about the church? If the statistics are correct, the church is shrinking in North America. Is there any hope for a resurrection, a reversal of this trend? Can death be turned to life?

"Dinosaur Church"

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