Lost and Found: The Younger Unchurched and the Churches that Reach Them by Ed Stetzer, Jason Hayes, Broadman and Holman Publishers Staff, Richie Stanley
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- Pub. Date: February 2009
- 240pp
- Sales Rank: 208,932
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: February 2009
- Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
- Format: Hardcover, 240pp
- Sales Rank: 208,932
- ISBN-13: 9780805448788
- ISBN: 0805448780
Synopsis
A leading national church research expert shares his surprising findings about the younger unchurched audience (ages 25 to 34) and the churches that have found a way to reach them.
Ray Arnett - Library Journal
Stetzer (missiologist in residence, LifeWay Christian Resources; Planting Missional Churches), Richie Stanley (team leader, Ctr. for Missional Research, North American Mission Board), and Jason Hayes (young adult ministry specialist, LifeWay Christian Resources) focus on 20- to 29-year-olds who don't currently attend church, outlining nine best practices for a church to reach such young men and women successfully. The first section contains statistical analysis of current beliefs and attitudes toward religion and the church (some very surprising) as indicated in polls of members of this age group. The second section delves deeper into these attitudes with results from focused interviews. The authors develop some broad themes, backed up by statistics from the first section. The final third of the book highlights nine strategies churches are using successfully to reach these unchurched adults. Helpful graphs and tables are included throughout as well as visuals such as text boxes made to resemble sticky notes, making the book both readable and useful. Highly recommended for practitioners and all interested in this topic.
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Ed Stetzer has planted churches in New York, Pennsylvania, and Georgia and transitioned declining churches in Indiana and Georgia. He has trained pastors and church planters on five continents, holds two masters degrees and two doctorates, and has written dozens of articles and books. Ed is a columnist for Outreach Magazine and Catalyst Monthly, serves on the advisory council of Sermon Central and Christianity Today's Building Church Leaders, and is frequently cited or interviewed in news outlets such as USAToday and CNN. Ed is Visiting Professor of Research and Missiology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Visiting Research Professor at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and has taught at fifteen other colleges and seminaries. He also serves on the Church Services Team at the International Mission Board. Ed is currently interim teaching pastor of First Baptist Church of Hendersonville, TN. Ed's primary role is President of LifeWay Research and LifeWay's Missiologist in Residence. He has written the following books: � Planting New Churches in a Postmodern Age (2003), Perimeters of Light: Biblical Boundaries for the Emerging Church (w/ Elmer Towns, 2004), Breaking the Missional Code (w/ David Putman, 2006), Planting Missional Churches (2006), Comeback Churches (with Mike Dodson, 2007), 11 Innovations in the Local Church (with Elmer Towns and Warren Bird, 2007), and Compelled by Love: The Most Excellent Way to Missional Living (with Philip Nation)
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