1. Being the Church in the Age of the Dispirited
Scott Thumma Hartford Institute for Religion Research

11. Lutheran’s in New England

13. Not Quite Dying…
But Changing

14. Getting Older…

17. Less Appealing To The Young?

18. But more competition for their time

19. And Ours

20. And we
wanted
them as
Married
Couples
With
Children!

21. Getting Larger…
and smaller…

22. Megachurch
Proliferation

28. A weakening of denominational labels and affiliation within churches

30. Less Vital…?

32. The Challenge:
Change or die a slow death…

33. And/or/both Innovative…

34. The first step in Transformative Change is:
“Establish a sense of urgency” (John Kotter)