Study and survey of the changes in church attendance and religious disconnect in the Mosaic generation and also how to address this development in today'sChurch observances and practices. This book is a thorough study of the issues facing the universal church today. I found this book to be engaging and informative and thought provoking. An essential book to read to understand and reflect upon religious changes in the universal church and how one can be a help not a hindrance in changes to connection. I would have given this book four stars if i hadn't been for the last chapter. (I'll get to that in a moment.)I really did enjoy this book. I'm a bit of a numbers nerd so the research/statistics aspect of this book really appealed to me. Kinnaman did an excellent job at parsing the data and conveying that in an easy to understand narrative. Kinneman also uses relevant examples. He doesn't dwell on the illustrations and often left the illustrations without conclusions. He didn't feel obligated to force these stories to some sort of moral conclusion.The last chapter is what disillusioned me a bit. Instead of making his own conclusion, Kinnaman compiles a haphazard 50 mini-essays from various (and often unrelated) people on what to do to keep from losing the next generation. These essays are big on rhetoric and short on depth. It's a rather lackluster conclusion.
Good book. Some interesting ideas and approaches but the best thing is the statistics.
—frank
This is something I haven't considered before but makes sense
—0oScreamo0
Solid research and some good questions to ask in the Church.
—coopertonie
Required reading for a class. It was interesting enough.
—Readaholic
a "must read" for youth ministry workers.
—danslash
