"C.S. Lewis brilliantly observes in his essay entitled, “The Decline of
Religion,” that the withdrawal in church attendance in Great Britain
during the 20th Century “did not create a new religious situation, but
only revealed the situation which had long existed.” The good news about
the supposed tales of the “decline” of America or American Christianity
is that its not so much evidence that we are floundering, but that the
reality of who we are as a nation and as a church is becoming clearer
and more defined." --Rev. Lee Hutchings is Pastor of Discipleship at Highlands
Presbyterian Church in Ridgeland and an Adjunct Professor of Bible at
Belhaven University in Jackson.
