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Sep 7, 2023 · Davis said that people leaving churches is often seen as a catastrophe caused by church misconduct or hurt. That plays a role, he said, but the reasons people leave are more complicated and ...
3 days ago · In the Gospels, Jesus tells his first disciples to leave their old way of life behind, going so far as abandoning their plow or fishing nets where they are and, if necessary, even leaving behind ...
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Jan 7, 2022 · Courtesy of ARC. On New Year’s Day, 43 congregations of the Reformed Church in America (RCA) split from the national denomination, one of the oldest Protestant bodies in the United States, in ...
Jan 24, 2024 · About 40 million Americans have left churches and other religious institutions in the last 25 years. For some, the decision is rooted in deep pain. But for the majority, their reasons for leaving are a lot more mundane than you’d expect. “Most people have left for really pedestrian reasons. Like, I moved; attendance was inconvenient; or ...
Sep 15, 2023 · 7 min. A new book, “The Great Dechurching: Who’s Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back?” looks at the decline in church attendance in recent years. (iStock ...
Jul 5, 2023 · 1. Overfocusing on Content at the Expense of Connection. Let’s start here. In the early days of the pandemic, as almost every church pivoted to online, there was a lot of experimentation with different forms of ministry and connection. Then a lot of churches abandoned experimentation in favor of adaptation.
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Jan 24, 2024 · CHAKRABARTI: That great dechurching is about 40 million Americans who've left their places of worship in the past 25 years. Many of them have done so for very deeply held spiritual reasons or ...
