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…
Tag: Church Decline
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…
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…
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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Getting Unstuck
by Joani Schultz I. Was. Stuck. Frustrated. Trapped. Like a helpless victim waiting for somebody to come by and pull me out. Like villages in Nepal during the earthquake, the…
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…
Pew Research and the Parable of the Lost Sheep
by Craig Cable The Pew Research Center recently released a demographic study titled America’s Changing Religious Landscape that caused quite a stir in the media and with church-trend watchers. In…
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…
Don’t Blame Poor Bible Knowledge
by Thom Schultz “The Bible? You believe in that?” Bill asked. Bill walked into our Lifetree Café—looking for something. I learned he was a successful businessman, friend of Hollywood stars,…
