#Megachurches are getting even bigger as #churches close across the country

https://flip.it/T2tyxc

If Megachurches Were Honest | Honest Ads #MarsHill #Mattchandler #Megachurches #YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqavq5pUC04

Survey shows most #Americans (including most #Christians) don’t like celebrity #pastors or #megachurches.
Makes me wonder whether a small and modest could be the way for non-#fundamentalist #Christianity?
Worth reading- there's other interesting results from the survey
https://julieroys.com/survey-most-americans-dont-like-celebrity-pastors-megachurches/

Most #Americans don't like #Christian #celebrity culture, #megachurches: study

https://flip.it/rPZZrB

The fact that 36 of the 38 top worship songs of the 2010s were produced by four #charismatic #megachurches goes a long way toward explaining why the #theology of most contemporary #worship music is absolutely dreadful. https://religionnews.com/2023/04/11/theres-a-reason-every-hit-worship-song-sounds-the-same/

If I were still a churchgoer and were ever in a #church that said this I would waste no time getting up and leaving. And I would yell "ICHABOD!" at the top of my lungs just as I reached the door! NO church is going to tell me I have to hate people in order to be part of their group.

The IRS really needs to start investigating these businesses-cum-religions. If people knew how much in taxes were avoided by these #megachurches thery would either be enraged or trying to figure out how to get in on the scam.

(For those not familiar with the Biblical first Book of Samuel, "Ichabod" means "the glory has departed" or "where's the glory" - it's basically a backhanded way of saying you're not going to find God or Jesus anywhere near this place!)

Megachurch forces all members to sign statement opposing LGBTQ+ rights
The church's senior pastor used anti-LGBTQ+ disinformation to explain why all church members must sign or resign.

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/01/megachurch-forces-all-members-to-sign-statement-opposing-lgbtq-rights/

When are people going to wake up to this con? Billionaires won’t save us. #EffectiveAltruism is a con. So is #Libertarianism. #MegaChurches and the #ProsperityGospel are too. Stop hoping there is a benevolent billionaire who cares more about the planet or the people or democracy than they do their own massive earth-destroying wealth. I see smart people saying things like “where is the left’s Robert Mercer?” STOP. https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-grift-brothers/

#introductions
Hello! I’m Riley….I consume far too much YouTube in my spare time….Tend to hyper fixate on a new random subject every week…Last week was #megachurches …This week is #thegoldengirls (there is never any logic to what subject matters will be each week)…
Based in #scotland currently and am very happy to be back in the Motherland for the foreseeable 😁
I don’t know what else to say….I hope everyone is having an Amazing Day!!! 😀