What Happened in Cuba One Sunday Morning
by Joani Schultz We couldn’t wait to go to church. We were on a Cuban cultural exchange to encourage our Christian friends there. So our Lifetree Adventure team split into…
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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…
Why Your Church Fights Change
by Thom Schultz For years people have told me the church is one of the most change-averse entities on the planet. Ministry people sometimes leave in frustration when their congregations…
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…
Learning from the Jimmy Fallon Experience
by Nils Smith Living in New York, I’ve gotten to experience some pretty unique things over the past year or so. We’ve run into celebrities, attended several parades, and gone…
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…
Change the Game Plan: Halftime Adjustments for the Church
by Doug Pollock Basketball was my passion growing up. There was something special about being part of a team. We traveled together, practiced together, ate together, and won or lost…
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…
Confessions Of An (Almost) Done
by Rick Chromey I went to church yesterday and left “almost” done. I say “almost” because I’ve gone to church all my life. In fact, I’m a pastor and I…
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