SCOTTISH SUPERCHURCH
Bucking trends toward decentralization, four Scottish denominations are planning to form a single "superchurch" according to a BBC article. The plan, due to be revealed next week, will suggest bringing together the Church of Scotland, the Scottish Episcopal Church, the United Reform Church, and the Methodists as a single religious institution. It will be interesting to see if this has any kind of grassroots backing or if it's simply an attempt by out-of-touch hierarchs to address the acute decline in all four bodies. Generally speaking, organizational mergers of church bodies look something like this: 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 3.