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By Jim Downard
Why do you think the Pacific Northwest is such an ‘unchurched’ area?
It doesn’t seem on account of any shortage of churches. In fact, Seattle has the most churches per capita in the country, and its hard to walk too many blocks in this town without bumping into some tabernacle or other.
Nonetheless, Washington and Oregon certainly rank among the least church-attending of states. One cannot help but suspect that their very availability means people have more than enough opportunity to discover on their own whether such institutions meet with their philosophy and interests, and overall the answer would seem to be No.
Some of us worship the beauty of our environment and our planet and our multi-verses!