fewer Americans "calling themselves Christians"-- probably (very) good news!

Love/appreciate the NYT editor's choice of title here-- to include "Calling Themselves Christians"

Hopefully, this is an increase in honest atheists, agnostics, and deists. If so, that's good news all around for the Good News.

And hopefully, more "Christians" are moving into discipleship, disciple-making, and making disciple-makers. If so, even though times look a bit darker now, we may look back and recognize that the Kingdom was actually moving forward, even in America.

More detail from Joe Carter at Acton's website...

Looking more globally, here's an interesting point / counterpoint in the WSJ...