American churches are in big trouble

The bottom fell out of church membership between 1999 and 2018, spelling serious trouble for the well-being of Christendom in the decades down the road.

According to a comprehensive poll taken by the very creditable Gallup organization, 70 percent of Americans were church members in 1999. This dropped to 50 percent by 2018.

The drop impacted all Christian religions. Between the periods of 1998...