The Decline and Fall of the Church

About the Book

In the last decade (2007-2017) there has been a significant reduction in the number and caliber of churches in the United States Christian community. Also, the modern church bears little resemblance to the church that is reported in the Acts of the Apostles. This book is an effort to account for this disparity. It is also written to confirm that a deterioration of spiritual values and accomplishments is by no means acceptable to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus is honored by a church appropriately described in Scripture as a “chaste virgin” (2 Cor 11:2) that will eventually be presented to Him “a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish" (Eph 5:27). This book is especially dedicated to all who maintain a godly interest in the purity of the church, which is “the body of Christ.”

About the Author

ABOUT THE AUTHOR As of 2017, Given O. Blakely, born in 1935, has preached and written extensively for Christ, without interruption, for sixty-three years. Located in Joplin, Missouri, he currently preaches and teaches several times a week, also sending out a daily e-mail devotion, maintaining an extensive website (http://wotruth.com), and a Facebook Page on which he places four daily posts. He has ministered in several states, and in Pakistan and India. After being widowed in 1979, he remarried his current wife, June Ellen. He has ten children, two of which have passed on to glory.