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    The Great Evangelical Recession: 6 Factors That Will Crash the American Church...and How to Prepare
    The Great Evangelical Recession: 6 Factors That Will Crash the American Church...and How to Prepare
    The Great Evangelical Recession: 6 Factors That Will Crash the American Church...and How to Prepare
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    The Great Evangelical Recession: 6 Factors That Will Crash the American Church...and How to Prepare

    By John S. Dickerson

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    In 2006, few Americans were expecting the economy to collapse. Today the American church is in a similar position, on the precipice of a great spiritual recession. While we focus on a few large churches and dynamic leaders that are successful, the church's overall membership is shrinking. Young Christians are fleeing. Our donations are drying up. Political fervor is dividing us. Even as these crises eat at the church internally, our once friendly host culture is quickly turning hostile and antagonistic. How can we avoid a devastating collapse?

    In The Great Evangelical Recession, award-winning journalist and pastor John Dickerson identifies six factors that are radically eroding the American church and offers biblical solutions to prepare evangelicals for spiritual success, even in the face of alarming trends. This book is a heartfelt plea and call to the American church combining quality research, genuine hope, and practical application with the purpose of igniting the church toward a better future.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBaker Publishing Group
    Release dateJan 15, 2013
    ISBN9781441241054
    The Great Evangelical Recession: 6 Factors That Will Crash the American Church...and How to Prepare
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    John S. Dickerson

    John S. Dickerson is a prize-winning research journalist, a seminary-trained pastor, and a frequent commentator in national news outlets like USA Today. He aggregates cultural trends, sociology, and historical understanding to give Biblical insight into world events and Christian living today. John’s first book, The Great Evangelical Recession, has equipped tens of thousands to understand the future of the church in the United States. John serves as the Lead Pastor of Connection Pointe Christian Church in the Indianapolis metro area.  

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      Overall, a really good book identifying the problems of the church in America from a Biblical perspective. Part I of the book - identification of the problem - 5 stars. At least read that much!The second part on solutions, weaker. The general answer that the church is not doing discipleship well and needs to focus on better discipleship is spot on. However, the specifics and the support for this were weak and based on personal experience in an area that I think could be better supported and with more examples given other than weak analogies or examples from this pastor/author's life.Despite that, I highly recommend this for anyone interested in the issues of discipleship in the American church or within American ministries.

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