Study: Unaffiliated Americans Are the Only Growing Religious Group
The biggest change came among those who said they quit their religious upbringing because of its treatment or teachings of LGBTQ people.
‘The Great Dechurching’ Explores America’s Religious Exodus
A new study looks at why millions of Americans left church — and what might bring them back.
Review & Giveaway: The Nones
Ryan Burge’s "The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going" shines new light on our transformational moment in American religious life.
Blessing in a Schism
This issue of A Public Witness attends multiple disaffiliation blessings — from Southern Baptist to United Methodist and Mennonite — to consider different models for denominational partings.
Why Mormons Are Leaving the Church: 4 Myths
With more people leaving the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints than in past generations, it seems everyone has an explanation for why this is happening. But many of these explanations don’t hold water statistically,