The political Unionist cake is not growing. Only who wins the bigger slice alters.
A publication for Church leaders recently headlined ‘the rise of the ‘dones’; a growing number of people who are ‘done with the Church.’ They have not abandoned their faith but have ‘de-churched.’ Attendance figures bear this out. One interviewee commented: ’they have heard it all and are tired of the same routine; being lectured to without any meaningful engagement or participation.’ Church scandals have played their part. The situation resonates with Northern Ireland as political parties exhibit a ‘this is the way mentality’; that …