WOW! POWERFUL message by writer Bob Smietana in CHURCHLEADERS as he interviews former Minnesota Twins pitcher, now Pastor, Tom Johnson. I remember when Johnson pitched for the Twins, in the good old days! By the way, that is the old Met stadium in the background of Tom’s picture!
Fewer than half of Americans in 2021 told Gallup they belong to a house of worship, the lowest percentage since the 1930s. Twenty-nine percent of Americans identify as “Nones” — claiming no religious identity — while only a quarter say they go to church weekly, and less than a third (31%) say they go to services monthly.
Major denominations — United Methodist, Lutheran, Southern Baptist, Presbyterian — have lost millions of members in recent decades.
I have been a major league baseball fan since I was knee-high but this lockout that they’re going through right now is driving me away, I have been losing interest for years…greed on both sides as the world is at war, children, women and men dying, so the players and owners can go pound sand! Greed is evil.
How can any American any longer identify with professional sports? Not me! Pro-Sports sends the wrong message to our youth!
‘If You Build It They Will Come’ No Longer Works for Baseball — Or Organized Religion