Here are the words that followed:
"Organic churches, also called home churches, are small groups of Christians in the evangelical vein that meet weekly at a a neighbor's place to discuss the Bible without a fixed leader, or the bells and whistles of Christian 'megachurches.' It's hard to say exactly how many exist in the U.S., but religious scholars agree that they are on the rise. Allan Karr, a professor a Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary in Rocky Mountain, Tennessee, has said that 3 out of 10 churches founded today are home-based.
Frank Viola, founder of a website that supports organic churches, describes the movement as a return to the focus on Jesus Christ, rather than on a particular denomination's rituals and beliefs--or a particular pastor's agenda" (p. 74, Psychology Today, vol. 44, no. 2, March/April 2011).This blurb was a part of the article, "The American Nightmare," under a section/mini article by Carlin Flora titled, "Stay-at-home nation: Is public life moving indoors?" Also mentioned in this section was homeschooling and working from home, suggesting that the loss of a public square has negative effects on our happiness.
I'd also like to point out that an entire page was dedicated to the psychological evils of the suburbs, where (apparently) the quality of life really isn't all that great...
I'll post a link to the article as soon as it's live.
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