How Fast Is America Losing Faith?
On top of that comes a brand-new report from the American Religious Identification Survey from Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., that religion in America is declining rapidly. Americans are losing their faith at unprecedented rates. How are we to interpret such news? It’s important to remember that everyone has or will face crises of life and faith. That fact alone shouldn’t alarm us. Instead, we need to see these pivotal times as a necessary part of each person’s spiritual journey. No Christian is exempt. Not even Billy Graham, who suffered a profound faith struggle in the late 1940s, shortly before his evangelistic ministry captured worldwide media attention. This largely unknown part of his early life story is an integral part of the movie Billy, which ran in select theatres across America during the fall of 2008. Again, no Christian is exempt. Not even Mother Teresa, who had a close, vital relationship with God until she started fulfilling her calling in Calcutta, India. Suddenly
