Reordering Hierarchies of Priority

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People's true priorities are revealed when they face conflicting choices, which makes it challenging to reorder their hierarchy of priorities. The difficulty lies in the fact that if someone is willing to prioritize travel volleyball over church, they may also be willing to prioritize other activities over church in the future. Church is more in competition with everyday activities like sleeping, streaming, scrolling, and sports, rather than with controversy.

In a wide ranging conversation, founding friend David French takes over the reins for Curtis Chang and discusses the new book, The Great Dechurching: Who’s Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back? by Jim Davis, Michael Graham, and Ryan Burge. David and coauthor Graham discuss all the reasons for “the great dechurching” with a particular emphasis on the more surprising results, as well as the difficulty reversing the decline in church attendance.

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The Great Dechurching: Who’s Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back? by Jim Davis, Michael Graham, and Ryan Burge