The Great Dechurching: Who’s Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back?
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Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 9780310147435
Type: hardcover
Through the largest sociological study of its kind, The Great Dechurching seeks to demystify and disentangle the complex phenomenon of the largest and fasted shift in US religious culture: the exodus of 50 million Americans from the church.
We are currently experiencing the largest and fastest religious shift in US history.
It is greater than the First and Second Great Awakening and every revival in our country combined...but in the opposite direction. Yet precious little rigorous study has been done on the broad phenomenon of dechurching in America. Jim Davis and Michael Graham have commissioned the largest and most comprehensive study of dechurching in America by renowned sociologists Dr. Ryan Burge and Dr. Paul Djupe.
The Great Dechurching takes the insights gleaned from this study to drill down on how exactly people are dechurching with respect to beliefs, behavior, and belonging.
This book gives the church in America its first ever deep dive into the dechurched phenomenon. You'll learn about the dechurched through a detailed sketch of demographics, size, core concerns, church off-ramps, historical roots, and the gravity of what is at stake. Then you'll explore what can be done to slow the bleed, engage the pertinent issues winsomely and wisely, and hopefully re-church some of the dechurched.
