Conference Addresses Congregational Health

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[The Living Church] 19 May 2007--Declining attendance in mainline denominations is primarily due to secularizing cultural trends, and in the absence of other factors may not be a cause for concern, according to Marcus J. Borg, professor of religion and culture at Oregon State University, who said the consolidation of membership may ultimately prove beneficial.

Prof. Borg and author Diana Butler Bass addressed the decline in mainline church attendance and characteristics of healthy mainline parishes at the Church for the 21st Century Conference, held May 10–12, 2007, at Washington National Cathedral.