The American Church in Crisis: Groundbreaking Research Based on a National Database of over 200,000 Churches

The American Church in Crisis: Groundbreaking Research Based on a National Database of over 200,000 Churches
ISBN-10
0310314011
ISBN-13
9780310314011
Category
Religion
Pages
240
Language
English
Published
2009-05-26
Publisher
Zondervan
Author
David T. Olson

Description

Groundbreaking research based on a national database of over 200,000 churches shows that the overall United States population is growing faster than the church. The director of the American Church Research Project, Dave Olson, has worked to analyze church attendance, showing that it is virtually unchanged from fifteen years ago while our population has grown by fifty-two million people.What does this mean for you, your church, and the future of Christianity in North America? The American Church in Crisis offers unprecedented access to data that helps you understand the state of the church today. “We live in a world that is post-Christian, postmodern, and multiethnic, whether we realize it or not,” says the author. This book not only gives a realistic picture that confirms hunches and explodes myths, but it provides insight into how the church must change to reach a new and changed world with the hope of the gospel.Readers will find a richly textured mosaic with optimistic and challenging stories. Charts, diagrams, and worksheets provide church leaders and motivated church members with a stimulating read that will provoke much discussion. Questions for discussion accompany the chapters.

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