{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The Godcast, Episode 373: The Church's Demographic Cliff","description":"Are American churches doomed to extinction? Today, Super live-reacts to a video claiming that very thing for a, uh, *certain* denomination. Let's chat about the problem of aging congregations, pastor shortages, and hostile cultural shifts.&amp;nbsp; Emails in the second half! Stuff we talked about: The video in question: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yp2O0mj6-Go Pew Research's religious landscape survey:  https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/religious-landscape-study\/religious-denomination\/lutheran-church-missouri-synod\/  https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/religious-landscape-study\/religious-family\/lutheran-family-mainline-trad\/ The ELCA copes about the former failure to assimilate:  https:\/\/learn.elca.org\/jle\/german-lutherans-and-assimilation-lessons-in-the-current-atmosphere-of-islamophobia\/ A mainline pretending to be conservative:  https:\/\/fatherhollywood.blogspot.com\/2006\/09\/tradition-female-deacons-and-where-is.html?m=1&amp;nbsp; Various thoughts on the decline:&amp;nbsp;  https:\/\/sowhatfaith.com\/2023\/06\/15\/the-elca-is-missing-4-million-people\/  https:\/\/concordiatheology.org\/2023\/07\/the-future-of-the-missouri-synod\/ Our Tare Parade episode: https:\/\/amerikaner.org\/the-godcast-episode-316-the-tare-parade\/ An attempt to laugh off the decline: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4rSVp86PSyU&amp;nbsp; Zombie liberalism: https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zombie_liberalism&amp;nbsp; Josephus on Japheth:  https:\/\/www.perseus.tufts.edu\/hopper\/text?doc=J.+AJ+1.122&amp;amp;redirect=true Free courses on starting and running a Catacomb Synod house church:  https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLIe8c0mFKA_LdLH03BcWS5XPJEA_JFNhd  https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLIe8c0mFKA_JO_RIvgkXW5v8rUGbs1lUj  https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLIe8c0mFKA_Ks3jH4ys3jKLa7G0OL45vj &amp;nbsp; Join us on Telegram for all your CONTENT needs:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/t.me\/VeryLutheran&amp;nbsp; Support the show!&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/verylutheran.gumroad.com\/&amp;nbsp; We FINALLY have Crypto links: Bitcoin: bc1qd6fpt493f57t7t0tw4sggxetu5vqk0nsgsuy3y Ethereum: 0x9557BbedE17AD80383e4381230f984F13C638fE2 Monero: 42U8frwJ4g79pncz5PZp1dgfn9LWbrXhF8uKEWHVkKT2DVKkP7dPz5XYeop1zM5NkEgGVJ52q9hyM6ZXtS4kiTG8241hRzC&amp;nbsp; Check out Myles\u2019s new site!&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/ageofruin.info\/ We\u2019ve got merch now, check it out!&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/vlp-3.creator-spring.com\/&amp;nbsp; Check out the new youtube channel we put out!&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CatacombChurches Are jews the chosen people of God? No:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pzHB5Caglgo RSS Feed:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/feeds.libsyn.com\/106598\/rss If you have questions about the Christian faith or just want to get in touch with us, we can be reached at&amp;nbsp;TheGodcast@Protonmail.com ","author_name":"The Godcast","author_url":"http:\/\/thegodcast.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/41130670\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/41130670"}