The American Church in Crisis
by David T. Olson
foreword by Craig Groeschel
Hardcover with dust jacket in good condition with minor shelf wear including a small ding on the front lower edge and the first 5 pages have a crease approximately one inch from the fore-edge. There is no writing or highlighting.
237 pages, 2008 edition, ISBN 0310277132, Zondervan Publishing
From the publisher
Groundbreaking research based on a national database of over 200,000
churches shows that the overall United States population is growing
faster than the church. The director of the American Church Research
Project, Dave Olson, has worked to analyze church attendance, showing
that it is virtually unchanged from fifteen years ago while our
population has grown by fifty-two million people.
What does
this mean for you, your church, and the future of Christianity in North
America? The American Church in Crisis offers unprecedented access to
data that helps you understand the state of the church today. “We live
in a world that is post-Christian, postmodern, and multiethnic, whether
we realize it or not,” says the author. This book not only gives a
realistic picture that confirms hunches and explodes myths, but it
provides insight into how the church must change to reach a new and
changed world with the hope of the gospel.
Readers will find a
richly textured mosaic with optimistic and challenging stories. Charts,
diagrams, and worksheets provide church leaders and motivated church
members with a stimulating read that will provoke much discussion.
Questions for discussion accompany the chapters.
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