{"id":2137,"date":"2015-08-04T07:05:15","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T11:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/?p=2137"},"modified":"2015-08-04T07:06:32","modified_gmt":"2015-08-04T11:06:32","slug":"can-hipster-christianity-save-churches-from-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/?p=2137","title":{"rendered":"Can hipster Christianity save churches from decline?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Christianity\u2019s true relevance lies not in the gospel\u2019s comfortable trendiness but in its uncomfortable transcendence, as a truth with the power to rebuff, renew and restore wayward humanity at every epoch in history.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Research also indicates that millennials do prefer &#8216;real&#8217; churches over &#8216;cool&#8217; ones. Contrary to the belief that churches must downplay their churchiness and meet in breweries or warehouses in order to appeal to millennials, a 2014 Barna study showed that millennials actually prefer church spaces that are straightforward and overtly Christian. The same study reported that when millennials described their &#8216;ideal church,&#8217; they preferred &#8216;classic&#8217; (67 percent) over &#8216;trendy&#8217; (33 percent).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read the entire article:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/acts-of-faith\/wp\/2015\/07\/27\/can-hipster-christianity-save-churches-from-decline\/\" target=\"_blank\">Can hipster Christianity save churches from decline?<\/a><em> (source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Post<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2138\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/imrs.php_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2138\" class=\"wp-image-2138 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/imrs.php_-1024x952.jpg\" alt=\"Can hipster Christianity save the church?\" width=\"584\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/imrs.php_-1024x952.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/imrs.php_-300x279.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/imrs.php_-323x300.jpg 323w, https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/imrs.php_.jpg 1484w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Can hipster Christianity save the church?<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Christianity\u2019s true relevance lies not in the gospel\u2019s comfortable trendiness but in its uncomfortable transcendence, as a truth with the power to rebuff, renew and restore wayward humanity at every epoch in history. &#8220;Research also indicates that millennials do prefer &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/?p=2137\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,27,9,24,26,6,20,12],"tags":[50,73,104],"class_list":["post-2137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglican","category-christianity","category-faith","category-generations","category-imagodei","category-politicsculture","category-post-modern","category-the-episcopal-church","tag-american-christianity","tag-imago-dei-initiative","tag-the-episcopal-church-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2137"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2140,"href":"https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2137\/revisions\/2140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}