Blame the Unchurched for Everything
They’re fed up with the unchurched and the dechurched. They’re sick and tired of their lame excuses for avoiding church. Whenever anyone reports on the growing majority of people who choose to stay...
View ArticleBreaking the Moldy Sunday Mold
This city has one of the highest unchurched populations in the country. It may just foretell the future. And that may be a good thing. There’s an innovative church here that’s bucking the odds. It’s...
View ArticleSaying ‘Good Riddance’ to Church Dropouts
News of the decline among America’s churches is producing a strange new effect. Elitism. While church involvement continues to slide, some people are attempting to spin the decline into an odd source...
View ArticleDone with Church, but Not with God
They’re done. Done with the institutional church. They are millions strong. And millions more are about to join them. The Dones, as I refer to them, include some of the established church’s previously...
View ArticleThe Church’s Hidden Back Door
Beef up outreach. Emphasize evangelism. Plant more churches. Polish the marketing. None of this is reversing the overall trend of church decline. Even when a church attracts new members it doesn’t...
View ArticlePastoring the Dones
Brian Bennett is a Done. He’s done with the institutional church. But eight years ago he was the teaching pastor at a megachurch in Ohio. After a personal downfall, he left. In his pain and...
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