Why People Are Leaving Church - The Dones - 029

The subject of church can be a joyous one or a difficult one depending on your experience.  This week Jeff, Mona and Allen explore some of the possible reasons why people are leaving church.  Specifically they discuss a group of people known as ‘The Dones’.  People who are done with church, but not done with their faith.  And then for something completely different, the team plays a round of Was it Hitler?

 

Why People Are Leaving Church Conversation (00:24)

Was it Hitler Segment (49:57)

RELEVANT LINKS

Done and Almost Done: Renewed Hope for the Church? (article)

 

The Dones (blog site)

 

Church Refugees: Sociologist Reveal Why People are Done with Church But Not Their Faith by Josh Packard Ph.D. (book)

 

Church After Christendom by Stuart Murray (book)

 

The McDonaldization of Church: Consumer Culture and the Church’s Future by John Drane (book)

 

'Ghosting:' The 21st-Century Dating Problem Everyone Talks About, But No One Knows How To Deal With (article)

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