The Great Evangelical Recession

by John S. Dickerson

Publisher:

Baker

, 2013

Overview

The American church is on the precipice of a spiritual recession. Our 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, the once friendly host culture of the United States 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 us for spiritual success, even in the face of alarming trends.

If you care about the state of the church in America, this is both your wake-up call and your road map to genuine hope.

Key Features

• Identifies six factors that are radically eroding the American church.
• Offers biblical solutions to prepare us for spiritual success.
• Portrays the future status and functioning of the church in a national culture.

Praise for The Great Evangelical Recession

A brilliant book. A must-read for any Christian hoping to see their faith regain traction in a changing world.

--Gabe Lyons, author, The Next Christians; founder, Q Ideas

John Dickerson is that rarity among evangelicals--a journalist of the highest capacity, but more than that, an analyst of breadth, insight, and laser-sharp foresight. With persuasive force, his book portrays the future status and functioning of the church in a national culture that is alienated from Christianity. Few writers can gather, process, distill, and apply a host of facts with the precision of John Dickerson.

--John McCandlish Phillips, veteran New York Times journalist and author

An important book that every believer should not only read but heed.

--Cal Thomas, USA Today columnist and Fox News personality

Product Details

• Title: The Great Evangelical Recession: 6 Factors that Will Crash the American Church … and How to Prepare
• Author: John S. Dickerson
• Publisher: Baker
• Print Publication Date: 2013
• Logos Release Date: 2023
• Pages: 250
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: United States › Church history--21st century; Evangelicalism › United States; United States › Social conditions--21st century; United States › Civilization--21st century
• ISBNs: 9781441241054, 1441241051, 9780801014833, 0801014832
• Resource ID: LLS:9781441241054
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-06T20:46:05Z

About John S. Dickerson

John S. Dickerson (born 1982) is an evangelical Christian pastor and a nationally-awarded American journalist. In 2004, he joined The Scottsdale Times as a staff writer and later became features editor. During his time at The Scottsdale Times, his reporting earned him honors from the Arizona Press Club. In 2007, the Arizona Newspaper Association named him non-daily “Journalist of the Year”. He serves as Lead Pastor at Connection Point Christian Church in the Indianapolis metro area.