Methodists Tackle 'Consumer Church' Mentality, Call for Radical Transformation

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[The Christian Post] March 22, 2006--About 43 percent of United Methodist churches in America did not receive a member by profession of faith in 2004 – a figure some leaders attribute to the rising “consumer church” mentality and the falling discipleship levels in the denomination.