12/23/2005

Mega Chruches Closed On Christmas:

Family Values At Stake



"The megachurches are being accused of having caved into secularism," "Both those who are critical of the decision to cancel Christmas services and the big churches that are doing it would both say they're standing up for family values with a capital F and a capital V."

John Brolley
Director of undergraduate Studies
University of Cincinnati's Judiac Studies

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Christmas on a Sunday might seem the perfect confluence - the celebration of Jesus' birth on the day of the week many Christians believe they belong in church. But when this year's calendar put Dec. 25 on a Sunday, it prompted large “mega” churches like to cancel Christmas Day services. Church leaders say it takes so many people to put on one of their celebrations that it's better to let those volunteers be with their families for the day.

Many of these “mega” churches draw 5,000 people on a given Sunday. The cancellations shocked more traditional Christians, who can't fathom being anywhere else but in a pew Christmas Day.

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