Monday, June 8, 2026

Collapsing, and Abusive Churches - Ichabod, the Glory Has Departed

 


Mega-Churches Are Quietly Collapsing, & Have Been For Decades.

A friend contacted me to describe his knowledge of the worst Church Growth parishes (now collapsed). He may have seen the YouTube presentation I posted here - Mega-Churches Are Quietly Collapsing...

The conversation involved the person's knowledge of the Lutheran synods (ELCA, LCMS, WELS, ELS) - falling apart here, there, everywhere.

I am going to list the non-Lutheran collapsing and abusive parishes (YouTube) below. They are quite cuddly with the Lutherans. In fact, when Lutheran districts had official and smaller rah-rah gatherings, they were using the same poisons, gladly loosed, between synodical.

Dead and Dying in Order on the YouTube

Robert Schuller: 

revved up his Crystal Cathedral, tried everything, and lost his Cathedral, property, and loot. They also sold a lot of fake books about their fake prosperity.

Mars Hill Church, Seattle Church:

15 locations. Confrontational, abusive, disappeared with the money. Artificial book publishing.

Willow Creek, South Barrington, Illinois.

I visited Willow Creek (for their Lutheran sect). I attended one service and enjoyed having Bill Hybels glare at me from his pulpit. Everything blew up for WC. 2018 was the quick collapse.

Elevation Church

Charlotte, North Carolina. Money issues and lack of how it is used or not.

Bethel Church

"Eco system." Raising child from the dead - utterly false.

Hill Song Church

Collapsed at once, enormous in numbers. Sexual abuse, like Crystal Cathedral.

P.S. 

Norman Vincent Peal - The Power of Positive Thinking, the book which became very much like Robert Schuller's. In fact, Schuller invited Peale to preach for Peal more than once. Besides that, Peale was known for plagiarism a long time ago.