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\nIn this week's episode, Sam asks Thom about some of the biggest shifts in the American church in the last thirty years. They discuss what has changed and why the shifts occurred. Some things changed for the better, and others changed for the worse.
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\n \tCultural Christianity died.
\n \tTransfer growth increased rapidly.
\n \tEvangelism programs disappeared.
\n \tModern worship became predominant.
\n \tMegachurches peaked and declined.
\n \tMultisite churches proliferated.
\n \tMedian church size dropped by half.
\n \tDenominational decline increased.
\n \tInstitutional loyalty and trust eroded.
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