“The dechurching we’re seeing on the secular right is significant. I mean, I don’t think people realize how significant that is…I will also say, I think people are putting their comfort and stability in their kids’ athletics.”
“We need to exercise relational wisdom. We need to help people grow in their awareness and ability to minister to people. We’ve talked a lot in our context about how counseling in some ways is the new apologetic.”
“A lot of people were saying under reasons they would come back: a friend invites me, there’s a good community, there’s a good pastor. I mean, that’s pretty low hanging fruit.”
Mentioned in the Show
“The Great Dechurching: Who’s Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back?” by Jim Davis and Michael Graham with Ryan Burge
“Who Are the Dechurched in America and Why Did They Leave?” on the “As in Heaven” podcast
Follow Michael and Jim on The Gospel Coalition
Follow Michael and Jim on Twitter
“The Church On The Other Side: Anticipations And Concerns” by Paul Carter on The Gospel Coalition
C.S. Lewis
David Kinnaman
David Platt
“Gallup: U.S. Church Membership Falls Below Majority for the First Time” by Bob Smietana on ChurchLeaders
Jordan Peterson
Justin Holcomb
“No Longer Christian” by Michael Hamkin Lee in Outreach Magazine
Ryan Burge
“Southern Baptists Decline in Membership, Grow in Attendance, Baptisms” by Aaron Earls on Lifeway Research
“Survey fail – Christianity isn’t dying” by Ed Stetzer in USA Today
“What Happened to Historian Molly Worthen?” on the “Gospelbound” podcast
