EDOD Mission Day 2024
Saturday, May 04, 2024, 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM
Join us on Saturday, May 4 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at St. Matthew's Cathedral, 5100 Ross Avenue, Dallas
Everyone in the Diocese of Dallas is invited to attend this one day gathering of renewal and equipping, featuring Jim Davis and Michael Graham, authors of "The Great Dechurching".
About "The Great Dechurching":
We are currently experiencing the largest and fastest religious shift in US history.
It is greater than the First and Second Great Awakening and every revival in our country combined...but in the opposite direction. Yet precious little rigorous study has been done on the broad phenomenon of dechurching in America. Jim Davis and Michael Graham have commissioned the largest and most comprehensive study of dechurching in America by renowned sociologists Dr. Ryan Burge and Dr. Paul Djupe.
The Great Dechurching takes the insights gleaned from this study to drill down on how exactly people are dechurching with respect to beliefs, behavior, and belonging.
This book gives the church in America its first ever deep dive into the dechurched phenomenon. You'll learn about the dechurched through a detailed sketch of demographics, size, core concerns, church off-ramps, historical roots, and the gravity of what is at stake. Then you'll explore what can be done to slow the bleed, engage the pertinent issues winsomely and wisely, and hopefully re-church some of the dechurched.
For more information contact Erica Lasenyik at