The church is changing. But it has always struggled in the tides of change. That much is not new. Interestingly, both sides fight against forces that deserve to be defeated. Like society in general, the churches are aging.
Young people have by and large ignored historic, established churches.
Most opt for new churches, with new music and new ways of doing things. And to a great extent it appears that such churches have had much success. Their numbers are swelling. The progressives in the historical churches lust after their younger siblings, coveting the smell of success and the statistics of increase. The bold venture to make the old into the new soon turns into accusation and acrimony.