Reg Bibby just dropped this into my inbox this evening. It is his latest analysis of where the church is headed in the next few years. Bibby is Canada's leading sociologist of religion and is well known for his trenchant and challenging analysis of Canada's religious landscape.

It is downloadable and free.

See here for more.

http://www.reginaldbibby.com/

A Call to Action

 The original development of "Union Churches" in the late 19th century was driven not by denominations but by local concerns - the realization by people of various denominations (Presbyterian, Methodist, Congregational, etc.) that to compete with each other was silly and a waste of resources; an understanding that more could be accomplished if Christians would work together than if they competed. I spent almost 8 years as minister of a congregation that had a background as a former "Local Union Church," and that background was looked upon with some degree of pride.