Vino et Vellum: The Great Dechurching

Join us for a casual evening of food, drink and conversation. In February we are reading The Great Dechurching by Jim David and Michael Graham

A few copies of the book will be available to borrow from the church.

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.

Past Books Discussed:

Searching for Sunday, Rachel Held Evans

Liturgy of the Ordinary, Tish Harrison Warren

Accidental Saints, Nadia Bolz-Weber

Love Wins, Rob Bell

The Great Divorce, C.S Lewis