Church lamented as ‘asleep’ in an era likened to the Dark Ages

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[Baptist Press News] March 31, 2005--Today’s church is in a crisis, evangelist Bailey Smith said at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, citing the plateau or decline of 70 percent of Southern Baptist churches and the fact that a disturbingly high number of ministers leave the ministry.