Didn’t expect this leftist garbage from a Baptist church.
Edit: thanks for the support pedes. My faith in God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit is not diminished. I’m just disappointed in the pastor. I will keep looking for a church that is rooted in God only.
See also: the decline of the Anglican church.
Speaking as a... I don't even know. What do you call "I consider myself Anglican, but the Anglican church no longer Anglican"? Former Anglican I suppose. Heartbreaking, but pretending otherwise does not help.
The Anglican church has been progressively removing said formalities, dumbing things down, and abandoning the tenets of their faith, all in the pursuit of appealing to current trends.
And yes, you are absolutely correct that appealing to the masses tends to lead to short-term popularity.
There are Anglican parishes out there that are resisting this trend, but are few and far between, and rapidly shrinking to boot. The Anglican church as a whole has been taking the (highly effective, sadly) approach of not fighting things too hard, just waiting until priests die and replacing them with more "progressive" ones.
I'm in the same boat. I miss the comfort of the liturgy.
Fortunately there's the Daily Office and since it's just me, I can follow Rite I all I want.