Sublime

someone who used to go to church at least once per month but now goes less than once a year.

“If you want to see your campus ablaze for Christ, purpose-driven, love-filled relationships will have to permeate your life and ministry.

When asked how willing they would be to go back to church, 51 percent said they are either somewhat willing or very willing—51 percent!

Phase 2 found that no theological tradition, age group, ethnicity, political affiliation, education level, geographic location, or income bracket escaped the dechurching in America.

“The real test of every human community is how it cares for the most vulnerable, those like Angela who cannot sustain even a simulation of independence and autonomy.”

More than anything, dechurched mainstream evangelicals need a friend to reach out.

historic Christian tradition and the pressing challenges of the present;

most of the dechurching has happened in the last twenty-five years and is accelerating.

98 percent of cultural Christians were white, 91 percent of dechurched mainstream evangelicals were white, 82 percent of exvangelicals4 were white, and 0 percent of dechurched BIPOC5 were white (we selected the name for