The document discusses the decline in membership of mainline Christian churches in Canada between 1961 and 2010. It notes that the United Church of Canada lost 39% of its members and the Anglican Church lost 53% of its members during this period. Several quotes from church officials indicate many congregations are shrinking and less than half expect to still be operating within 15 years. The document contrasts the "old religion" model of a separate church and world with a devotional focus on worship, with a emerging "new spirituality" that is less formally expressed and exists outside traditional churches. It suggests the church could renew itself by focusing on nature, using new language that reconnects to spiritual themes, and building community through relationships and a common search for