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He believes some reasons include that the Bible contains contradictions, that there’s suffering in the world, bad church experiences, bad Christian experiences, and Christians can make church about a building rather than a faith experience.
January 24, 2024. Jonathan Chang. Meghna Chakrabarti. (davelogan via Getty Images) About 40 million Americans have left churches and other religious institutions in the last 25 years. For some,...
Among their top reasons was that church members seemed divisive, judgmental or hypocritical. Pastor Andy Stanley of the Atlanta area recently cited the top five reasons that people leave...
The Great Dechurching looks at why people are leaving churches. A new book looks at why millions of Americans left church — and what might bring them back. By Bob Smietana. September 15,...
Churches lose members and attendees for a variety of reasons. Some good. Many not. But the good news is that most are addressable issues. By Staff. Why do people leave their churches? In an episode of Rainer on Leadership, Thom S. Rainer reviews top responses to this question. Rainer says that the good news is that these are addressable issues.
(davelogan via Getty Images) About 40 million Americans have left churches and other religious institutions in the last 25 years. For some, the decision is rooted in deep pain. But for the majority, their reasons for leaving are a lot more mundane than you’d expect. “Most people have left for really pedestrian reasons.
Spencer Platt / Getty. July 29, 2023. Nearly everyone I grew up with in my childhood church in Lincoln, Nebraska, is no longer Christian. That’s not unusual. Forty million Americans have...
