Feeling Heavy

I woke up Monday morning at 3:45 feeling burdened. My stomach felt like it had been gutted or punched. O, from the Camden team, shared some of the church history of Britain that's taken place in the past 100 years. I thought I would write some of it out, so that people can perhaps sense a bit of why I feel so heavy.
-1910: The Ediburgh Missions Conference (They believed they were right in the cusp of seeing the world come to know Jesus).
-1914 to 1919: WWI desimated the leadership of the Church (most male leaders in the church were called to go serve)
-1920 to 1930s: Slight resurgence in churches as people felt that GOd had brought them through the war. THIS IS THE LAST TIME WE'D SEE A LITTLE JUMP IN CHURCH ATTENDANCE.
-1939 to 1945: WWII shook the spirit of the nation. A lot of ministers didn't know how to speak to returning soliders.
-1950s: Billy Graham Crusades started here. A lot of the older generation made commitments and catalyzed evangelicalism in Britain. OF ALL THE BG CRUSADES AROUND THE WORLD, THEY WERE THE LEAST EFFECTIVE IN ENGLAND.
-1960s: Big cultural upheaval. The Church didn't know how to communicate to the people of that generation.
-1965-1970s: Rapid decline in church attendance.
-1970s: Mass immigration into country, along with their worldviews. People here saw that there were alternatives to church. "Spiritual Shopping" began.
-1985-1999: Another rapid decline in church attendance.
-1999-today: Approx 8% of Brits go to church. 1/3 of those people weren't born here.
WHAT TOOK THE CHURCH FROM 900-1900 TO BULID GOT WIPED OUT IN 100 YRS.
*Average age of church goers: 50 yrs.
*2000-2010: 1.1 million people left the church.
*90% of new churchplant growth is from "transwer" growth (Christians coming from other churches).
-By 2020, the Methodist and Catholic Churches are likely to not exist as a local denominational presense.
-By 2030, most denominations will collapse.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE CURRENT TRENDS.

The question that O left us with, in regards to this "Nose Dive Period" of the Church, is does the plane have time to pull up in time? And the hope that I have right now is that these things can be reversed and changed by the power of Holy Spirit. I know that He's not finished here. I know that there's a reason that He's burdened people to be a part of serving Him in the UK. Later on Sunday afternoon, I was talking with O, and he said that he could tell that that talk on trends really hit me. He had seen me sitting there tearing up as he gave the background to the church situation. What's exciting in all of this, he said, is that we could be the change. We're part of a bigger story in God's kingdom building.