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Groundbreaking analytical research from a database of over 200,000 North American churches reveals our population is growing faster than church attendance. This guide shows the problems as well as the potential of the American church, confirming hunches, exploding myths, and offering a clear path to a brighter future.

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Groundbreaking research based on a national database of over 200,000 churches shows that the overall United States population is growing faster than the church. The director of the American Church Research Project, Dave Olson, has worked to analyze church attendance, showing that it is virtually unchanged from fifteen years ago while our population has grown by fifty-two million people.

What does this mean for you, your church, and the future of Christianity in North America? The American Church in Crisis offers unprecedented access to data that helps you understand the state of the church today. “We live in a world that is post-Christian, postmodern, and multiethnic, whether we realize it or not,” says the author. This book not only gives a realistic picture that confirms hunches and explodes myths, but it provides insight into how the church must change to reach a new and changed world with the hope of the gospel.

Readers will find a richly textured mosaic with optimistic and challenging stories. Charts, diagrams, and worksheets provide church leaders and motivated church members with a stimulating read that will provoke much discussion. Questions for discussion accompany the chapters.

Endorsements for The American Church in Crisis:

“The American Church in Crisis is a monumental work, both in its accurate, near alarming analysis, and its brilliant clarion call to engage our society with the ‘full-orbed’ gospel of Jesus.” — Lon Allison, Director, Billy Graham Center, Wheaton College

“David Olson’s expert study of the state of the American church is eye-opening. Other more expressive words also come to mind—jolting, staggering, astounding! However, this wake-up-call book also provides answers on how to be proactive in turning the Church around. Read this book for the facts; then do something to change the state of the American Church.” — Gary L. McIntosh, Professor, Christian Ministry & Leadership

“The facts don’t lie! With profound research and unusually wise analysis, Dave Olson has compiled a compelling portrait of the American church, and her future. As a new church planter, I am all ears and commend this voice that all might listen.” — John Teter, Author, Jesus and the HipHop Prophets and Get the Word Out

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