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\\nA recent Christianity Today article reported on data from the 2020 Religion Census. According to the report, every Protestant denomination has declined while those congregations claiming to be non-denominational gained millions of people. Thom and Sam discuss their thoughts on this report and what it may mean for the future of churches affiliated with Protestant denominations.\\xa0
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\\n \\tSome churches claim non-denominational when in reality they are loosely affiliated.
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\\n \\tInstitutional decline of denominations is not a new phenomenon. The denomination is only as healthy as the churches in it. Mainline denominations have struggled for decades.
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\\n \\tMany denominations are at the point of having too many struggling churches and not enough healthy churches. The healthy churches are too few to resource and help struggling churches.
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\\n \\tHistorically, non-denominational churches grew through Mainline transfer growth. Today, the growth is fueled by those who are coming from a Catholic background.
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\\n \\tConversion growth is unfortunately extremely rare. Gains in attendance are more often attributed to transfer growth and biological growth (people in conservative churches have higher birth rates).\\xa0
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\\nChristianity Today article referenced in this podcast: https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2022/august/nondenominational-growth-mainline-protestant-decline-survey.html
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\\n \\tTyndale House Publishers
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\\n \\tChristianity Today article referenced in this podcast
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