What do you know? The Southern Baptist Convention is shuttering its 170-Lifeway stores.
LifeWay Christian Resources announced Wednesday (March 20) it will close all 170 of its brick-and-mortar stores this year.
That comes as LifeWay, the publishing arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, shifts its resources online, according to the announcement on LifeWay’s Facts & Trends website. It will continue to offer resources through its website, customer resource center and network of partners who work directly with churches.
I know: It’s unseemly to rejoice at the misfortune of others, and I do feel a bit of sympathy for those poor fools who are going to get their pink slip and wonder why Jesus let this happen — but I don’t mind admitting that I take pleasure from this sign of the SBC’s, and religion’s, continuing decline.