Is a “Club Culture” Killing Your Church?
by Craig Cable Let’s face it. We like hanging out with people who remind us of ourselves. We gravitate toward people who look like us, think as we do, and…
Tag: church refugees
Monologue or Dialogue?
by Rick Edwards Is it possible to be preached out of church? According to social science research, it is. Sociologists Josh Packard and Ashleigh Hope in their book, Church Refugees:…
What will you say to Stephanie?
by Mikal Keefer Spoiler alert: Stephanie goes to church weekly—but only because she’s paid to be there. She works at a health care facility. Because one of the residents likes…
Confessions of a Church Shopper
Eight months ago, my wife and I sold our house and moved 650 miles to a new town. I hope to never see the inside of a moving truck again.…
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…
