Drew Dyck didn't lose the Christian faith of his childhood when he became an adult, but he noticed that lots of others did.
Christianity Today recently documented the fact that America's churches are not only "failing to attract younger worshipers," but they are also "not holding on to the ones" raised in the church.
Rusty Steil enjoys the sweet side of Christmas. His family gathers at his Denver home where there's a little tree and gifts for his wife, step-daughters and three grandchildren. Jesus just has nothing to do with it.
Young people are leaving our churches in droves. However, Drew Dyck, author of the book Generation Ex-Christian: Why Young Adults Are Leaving the Faith . . . and How to Bring Them Back (Moody, 2010), has done more than simply write off this generation.
Drew Dyck’s excellent article in the November issue of Christianity Today (The Leavers; page 40) tapped into a common story. Kids are leaving the church. A couple of poignant phrases jumped out at me:
I don’t think much needs to be said about the “Postmodern” category, as Dyck appears to have described that mindset adequately. I am offended, however, by his glib dismissal of the “Recoilers:” people failed and God was blamed unfairly.
Paganism is growing. That isn’t my mere opinion, it is backed up with statistical data from places like the Pew Forum and ARIS. More often than not, when mainstream newspapers and news outlets write about us, they mention how we’re growing, or how we’re moving into the mainstream.
Drew Dyck, author of Generation Ex-Christian: Why Young Adults Are Leaving the Faith and How to Bring Them Back, has a cover story in the latest issue of Christianity Today on what the magazine’s cover line obnoxiously calls “the new apostates.”
The message of Generation Ex-Christian took some time to process even though the book itself is a quick read. This is probably due to the fact that personal stories cause me to reflect, consider the person behind them and what has happened in their life.
had the opportunity to interview Drew Dyck about his awesome new book Generation EX Christian. If you want to know the real story behind why millennials are leaving the Church, you should read this book.
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