The Good News — according to Rob Bell.
The article is entitled “House of Worship: finding spirituality at home” by Lisa Miller.
a few highlights:
- supposedly 7 percent of U.S. population worship in homes (Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life)
- questions but no answers as to what constitutes a church
- it’s thought house churchers “mistrust authority and institutional hierarchy.”
- such worship is growing among progressive roman catholics as well (see: intentionaleucharisticcommunities.org)
- Harvard prof and political scientist Robert Putnam, author of “Bowling Alone” is currently working on a book entitled “American Grace” which focuses on the growing number of religiously unaffiliated often called the “nones”
you can check out the whole article by clicking on the title above.
