> Smaller churches are more conservative and more political, You sure that generalization holds well enough to be useful? Personally speaking, I've attended s

> Smaller churches are more conservative and more political, You sure that generalization holds well enough to be useful? Personally speaking, I've attended services at small churches of both political alignments. (Ranging from strongly liberal/socialist all the way to the exact opposite. I can think of at least one of each in easy walking distance.) > People are leaving smaller churches I think this is undoubtedly true, at least in my neck of the woods. Most of the original development around here was prior to cars being commonplace, when there was a strong motivation to having a church in easy walking distance. (Especially true given that people used to be at church far more often than now.) These days, easier access to transport (energy) means there's much less need for geographical proximity. And this, in turn, means much less need and ability to support smaller churches. (So we've also seen a number of churches converted to condos, etc.)