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On Saturday March 7, David Wilkerson put the following warning message on his blog:
AN EARTH-SHATTERING CALAMITY IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. IT IS GOING TO BE SO FRIGHTENING, WE ARE ALL GOING TO TREMBLE – EVEN THE GODLIEST AMONG US.
For ten years I have been warning about a thousand fires coming to New York City. It will engulf the whole megaplex, including areas of New Jersey and Connecticut. Major cities all across America will experience riots and blazing fires—such as we saw in Watts, Los Angeles, years ago.
There will be riots and fires in cities worldwide. There will be looting—including Times Square, New York City. What we are experiencing now is not a recession, not even a depression. We are under God’s wrath.
Response: Do any of you prophetic folks out there have any light at all on this word? This thing has gone all around the world in 24 hours. I have no light on this at all.
One of the hardest things in the prophetic is timing. Is it really time for America to experience God’s wrath? Have we really gone past the point of no return? And what of the Christian community, how is God calling us to respond? I see no hope or guidance in this message at all.
He seems to be saying that the bottom will completely drop out of the economy and that it will be worse than even the great depression–that riots and civil unrest will follow.
Is there any other prophetic folks saying anything like this anywhere? Like I said, I have no light on this and I have a hard time relating to it at all, but I will be in prayer. *Top
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Re: NCC Church Membership Report for 2009- The Implications
According to the report, nearly every denomination of the top 25 in America and Canada either declined or recorded no change in membership during the last year. Only 4 saw increases and 2 were Pentecostal denominations: Assemblies of God and Church of God of Cleveland, Tennessee.
The other 2 were the Mormons and the Jehovah’s Witnesses–two denominations which are not orthodox in their theology.
The report noted that: “Many churches are feeling the impact of the lifestyles of younger generations of church-goers — the ‘Gen X’ers’ or “Millenials’ in their 20s and 30s…” who seem to be making different choices than their parents.
The biggest surprise–the Roman Catholic Church and the Southern Baptist denominations saw their first declines ever.
Here’s another article claiming that research shows by 2050 only 10% of America will be attending churches.
Response: The declines that for a whole generation only affected the liberal mainline denominations are now being felt in evangelical and conservative churches also. Generational change is a major reason. Without a major revival, we can expect the decline to gain momentum in the years to come.
So far, Pentecostal and Charismatic churches seem to be holding their own.
However, the demographics that many church leaders were concerned about is now proving to be true. As the older generation dies off there are fewer in the younger Gen X and Milllenial group coming on-board to replace them. The American Church is now clearly in decline on many different levels. *Top
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