Essential Church?
Reclaiming a Generation of Dropouts
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Essential Church?
Narrated by:
Erik Synnestvedt
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Narrated by:
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Erik Synnestvedt
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By:
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Thom Rainer
About this listen
This important question is examined and duly answered in Essential Church?, a follow-up to Thom S. Rainer's best-selling Simple Church co-written with his son, research expert Sam Rainer.
The book is based on a study of 1,000 so-called "church dropouts" who were interviewed about why they left. Their answers are quite surprising, having less to do with "losing their religion" and more about the desire for a community that isn't made stale by simply maintaining the status quo. In turn, the Rainers offer churches four concrete solutions toward making their worship community an essential part of these young people's lives again:
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