Three of the biggest reasons people dechurched wasn’t because they lost their faith and belief in Jesus. The most common causes of people to dechurch included the church’s focus on politics (both left and right), parents being uncharitable and hateful towards those who disagreed with them, and the church not actively serving community needs.
Read More“If you don’t do anything else, spend time with people in your community. Care for them, love them, champion them, and learn about them. Find out what is important to people. What do they love and care about? What brings them joy and what are they afraid of? What do they believe? Can you articulate what they believe in a way they would affirm?“
Read MoreA review of Christian literature by David E. Dean, featuring his favorite reads from 2021.
Read MoreIt was another morning like any other. By some titanic feat I managed to get myself out of bed to plod my way downstairs for breakfast. Breaking past the stairwell wall and coming to the railed banister, I could see my mom reading her Bible in the recliner as she always did, her little dog cuddled up beside her. It was just another day, same as any other.
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