Used to, if you asked someone what church he goes to, you would get one answer. I just encountered someone who is a Catholic but who also sometimes attends a non-denominational church and also a Baptist church.
I had heard of this phenomenon but hadn’t met it up close. An increasing number of Christians don’t belong to any one congregation, but instead regularly attend lots of them. They might go to one church for its Bible studies, another for its music, and yet another when a particular minister preaches.
After all, I don’t just go to one grocery store. Church is becoming something similar. Not a community that shares a common confession, but a place to go to meet our consumer religious needs.
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