Episode 600: Jim Davis on The Great Dechurching, The Fastest and Largest Church Attendance Exit in U.S. History, and The $24 Billion in Giving That Left the Church
Jim Davis explains the massive research project he and his team have done to explain the exit of 40 million Americans from the church since the 1990s. He talks about why this shift is the largest church attendance shift in US history, why the right is dechurcing faster than the left, the $24 billion in giving that disappeared from the church, why it’s not just cultural Christians who are leaving, and much much more.
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