Church populations are declining. Maybe we shouldn't worry about how to stop it. #Religion #Christianity http://t.co/c4wnHTQcFA
— UCC (@unitedchurch) August 21, 2014Ok. So this is pretty cool. Not only did the UCC tweet the link to the HuffPost piece I did last week . . . they commented. Take a look at the quote: "Maybe we shouldn't worry about how to stop it." Indeed.
Author, Speaker, Pastor, Activist. Derek Penwell is senior pastor of Douglass Boulevard Christian Church, and a lecturer at the University of Louisville in Religious Studies and Comparative Humanities. His newest book, Outlandish, focuses on understanding the political nature of Jesus’ life as a model for forming communities of resistance capable of challenging oppression in the pursuit of peace and justice.
He is an activist and advocate on local, state, and national levels on issues of racial justice, LGBTQ fairness, interfaith engagement, and immigrant and refugee rights.
