Listen to the Dones
by Josh Packard Why would someone devote his whole life to church and then one day decide to walk out the door and not come back? This was the central…
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Not Alone
by Josh Packard It’s been an amazing year to be thinking and writing about Dones. I’ve had the great privilege to hear a lot of incredible stories. Many of them…
Reformation
by Josh Packard My Lutheran friends will remember that the last Sunday in October was Reformation Sunday, commemorating Martin Luther nailing the 95 theses to the door of the church…
What Next? How Some Churches are Coming Alongside the Dones
by Josh Packard I’ve had some amazing opportunities these past few months to travel around and lead some workshops about Church Refugees, explain The Dechurched Project, and even introduce people…
What’s Going On In There?
by Josh Packard I am right in the middle of conference season. Last week I was in Chicago for the joint Association for the Sociology of Religion and American Sociological…
Exodus of the Religious Dones: How many dones are there?
by Josh Packard Last week, Group released the results of a national survey of Dones (Exodus of the Religous Dones) that we’ve been working on. This survey is the first…
The Dones are a Bridge to the Nones
by Josh Packard In our research for Church Refugees, we revealed that the Dones—those who have left church but retain their faith—were some of the most active church members in…
Institutional Disengagement
by Josh Packard In the past few weeks, everyone has been talking about the recent Pew study that reports a substantially higher number of “Nones” than ever before. The percentage…
Q’s and A’s About the Dones
by Josh Packard Last month I had the wonderful opportunity to conduct a webinar about my book Church Refugees. The best part was that, both during the webinar and in…
