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@wdlindsy@toad.social“More people have left the church in the last twenty-five years than all the new people who became Christians from the First Great Awakening, Second Great Awakening, and Billy Graham crusades combined."
~ Jim Davis and Michael Graham, The Great Dechurching
Hmm: I wonder precisely what might be spurring that exodus, which has grown even larger after 80% of white evangelicals and 60% of white Catholics and Mormons elected Trump in 2016?
https://religionnews.com/2023/09/07/the-great-dechurching-explores-americas-religious-exodus/
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I wonder how much is just straight demographics. I.e. More older members died than newer members joined.
@gwendolenau @wdlindsy Yes, but why aren't they joining?
@BernieDoesIt @gwendolenau I think that's the essential question to ask.
@gwendolenau I think it's more than demographics. What research about this dechurching matter is showing is not just that older church members are dying and there aren't younger ones to replace them, but younger people are, in increasing numbers, deliberately walking away.