Sublime

The sociologists state candidly their basic conclusion: the congregations that reared these young people offered them no compelling reasons or training about how and why “Christianity is special” (Hoge, 13-18).

the Providence String Quartet developed its innovative urban residency, Community MusicWorks (http://www.communitymusic works.org), over ten years ago in Providence, Rhode Island. Violinist/violist Sebastian Ruth founded Community MusicWorks on the conviction that musicians have an important public role to play in creating and transforming communit

The fear of scarcity runs deep. It is exacerbated by the notion that congregations of older people will not survive (a shame, since any reading of the Scriptures confirms that God’s future turns up in the very places everyone else has given up on). One of the ways to counteract this default is to invite several congregations to join this journey to

there could be a million affluent and upwardly mobile Black men out there who, like Jeremiah, have left evangelical churches. These men are by far the most educated and affluent of any of the dechurched categories, not just among evangelicals, but of any religious tradition.