If you’ve read Radical Welcome, The Church Cracked Open, or her newest book, Church Tomorrow?, you will know of Stephanie Spellers’ insight, wisdom, and humor. Our time began with a moderated conversation and Q&A, and followed with a light reception and book signing.
Stephanie’s newest book, Church Tomorrow?, confronts the deep and challenging questions facing our church today by listening to those who have never joined a church or who have left it. The Nones, Dones, Unchurched, spiritual but not religious (SBNRs): Call them what you will – they’re a dominant force in American religion and the plurality among Millennials and Gen Zers. In Church Tomorrow? Stephanie Spellers presents hard truths about declining religious affiliation in America, paired with stories and wisdom from her interviews with dozens of young people who either grew up with no faith or gave up formal religion.
As she listens and learns, Spellers asks: Why are younger generations passing on church? What spiritual pathways and communities are they creating? And how could their insights help to shape the future of Christian community? Listen up – today’s young Nones and Dones have a prophecy for the church of tomorrow.
If you are a None, Done, SBNR, or have any of these siblings in your life, please join our conversation. Do you have a question you would like to include in our Q&A?
