Sublime

Andy Stanley, Johnny Carson, Howard Hendricks, Ronald Reagan, Billy Graham,

(Ezek. 20:31).

Roughly one out of every five young adults is an exile who feels lost between church culture and the wider culture he or she feels called to inhabit and influence. Exiles are not anti-Christian or even necessarily anti-church; they are simply individuals who do not fit the typical molds that churches expect or support. They are characterized by wan

According to our data, born-again unchurched people are most likely to return to church through a discussion in their home with a trusted church leader; by attending a high-quality concert or seminar sponsored by the church; or in response to a pastor’s sermon(s) on CD or podcast heard prior to visiting a church. They are most likely to consider a

We dug into the practice of stewarding our time—wasting it, investing it, using it, spending it, and redeeming it. We did the same with money.

IT WAS 1971. I was a seventeen-year-old high school senior fresh into a brand new experience of faith. I was also full of zeal for evangelism but clueless about how to evangelize other than just telling my friends about what I was so passionate about — God, Jesus, the Bible, salvation, and the rapture.

Churchgoing Is Losing Traction Percentage of all US adults

The dechurched will give way to the unchurched—those who never attended church to begin with.

CHAPTER 1 Beyond a “Grocery List” of Needs