Religious practices, church membership, and attendance are gradually decreasing among young adults. Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines religion as, “the service or worship of God or the supernatural.” The church is no longer an importance to people today. The records today show that church attendance and membership are on the decline. Young adults are the group a majority of churches are missing. Although young adults are not the only ones leaving the church, adults and families are leaving or changing denominations. A majority of churches are asking, “What is going on?”. In churches, today children grow up attending Sunday school, youth group, college group, and small groups, but these groups are hurting the church. The idea of individual Bible …show more content…
Over the years the non-denominational church has become the second largest Protestant church. My personal story about leaving the Baptist church and becoming a member of a non-denominational is sorrowful. The number-one reason I left the Baptist church I was attending was because the gospel was not being preached from the pulpit. Instead, sermons were focused more on the do’s and don’t of Christianity. Tom Reiner conducted a Twitter poll to figure out the reason why people are leaving the denomination churches in favor of non-denominational churches. The number-one response was that denomination churches have a negative reputation. Other reasons were denominations are known for what they are against rather than what they are for; there are too many infighting and politics in denominations; and lastly, denominations are not good stewards of their financial resources. Sadly, denominational churches have earned a dreadful reputation to communities all over the world. Non-denominational churches dedicate their time to thoroughly studying Scriptures instead of worrying about submitting to a