But the bigger picture facing churches is this: your grandmother is the one keeping churches alive. There’s your grandmothers’ church, and then there’s sleeping in on Sunday and eating avocado toast or going to a youth sports game or out to brunch or hanging out with friends. The habit of churchgoing as a socially prescribed requirement for a good

Much of the responsibility for that shift belongs to institutions themselves. Traditional religions, traditional political hierarchies, and traditional understandings of society have been unwilling or unable to offer compellingly meaningful accounts of the world, provide their members with purpose, foster sustainable communities, or put forth evoca

70% of these faith communities have 100 or fewer weekly attendees.