The Great Dechurching, Jim Davis
The Great Dechurching, Jim Davis
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The Great Dechurching
Who’s Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back?

Author: Jim Davis, Michael Graham, Ryan P. Burge, Collin Hansen

Narrator: Jim Davis, Michael S. Graham

Unabridged: 7 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 08/22/2023

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Read by the authors.We are currently experiencing the largest and fastest religious shift in US history.It is greater than the First and Second Great Awakening and every revival in our country combined...but in the opposite direction. Yet precious little rigorous study has been done on the broad phenomenon of dechurching in America. Jim Davis and Michael Graham have commissioned the largest and most comprehensive study of dechurching in America by renowned sociologists Dr. Ryan Burge and Dr. Paul Djupe.The Great Dechurching takes the insights gleaned from this study to drill down on how exactly people are dechurching with respect to beliefs, behavior, and belonging.This book gives the church in America its first ever deep dive into the dechurched phenomenon. You'll learn about the dechurched through a detailed sketch of demographics, size, core concerns, church off-ramps, historical roots, and the gravity of what is at stake. Then you'll explore what can be done to slow the bleed, engage the pertinent issues winsomely and wisely, and hopefully re-church some of the dechurched.Accompanying figures are included in the audiobook companion PDF download.

About Jim Davis

Jim Davis is teaching pastor at Orlando Grace Church (Acts 29). He is the host of the As in Heaven podcast on The Gospel Coalition podcast network and serves as a writer for The Dechurched Initiative. Jim writes frequently for The Gospel Coalition, Acts 29, and Family Life. He and his wife, Angela, speak for Family Life’s Weekend to Remember marriage getaways. 

About Michael Graham

Michael Graham is Program Director at The Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics. He is also the executive producer and writer for the As In Heaven podcast. He received his MDiv at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando. He is a member at Orlando Grace Church. He is married to Sara, and they have two kids.

About Ryan P. Burge

Ryan Burge is an associate professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University, where also serves as the graduate coordinator. He has authored over thirty peer-reviewed articles and book chapters alongside four books about religion and politics in the United States. He written for the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal. He has also appeared in an NBC Documentary, on Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, as well as 60 Minutes which called him, "one of the country’s leading data analysts on religion and politics." He has served as a pastor in the American Baptist Church for over twenty years and has been married to his wife Jacqueline for over fifteen years. They have two boys.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Barnabas on May 29, 2024

The first 2/3 of this book are wonderfully helpful as a diagnostic with some built in prescriptions. The last 1/3 was fine, but less compelling as it attempted to get more prescriptive and practical.......more

Goodreads review by Carmen on May 01, 2024

The burning question these days for nearly every pastor and ministry leader is 'where did everyone go?' and 'how can we bring them back?' The landscape of social values and norms is shifting fast, and those in the church are caught up in the currents. What was a given for our parents' generation --......more

Goodreads review by Jared on August 04, 2023

Davis and Graham stand as prophets at the intersection of sociology and a tri-perspectival Reformed theology. They’ve written a brilliant book that sees clearly what’s happening in the church today and offers a clear way forward.......more

Goodreads review by Amanda on December 27, 2023

When you say it’s important to learn from minority voices and listen to dechurched people and then have almost no representation of minority voices or dechurched people in your book 🤔......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie on June 11, 2024

I’ve had a lot of conversations lately with people about how sharing your faith with someone in our age and culture is less about apologetic based-truth and more about inviting people to know beauty and goodness of the gospel. Telling a better story. All 3 (truth, beauty, and goodness) are real and......more