What Happens After People Leave the Church?

Have you left the church behind? Would you describe yourself as a “post-evangelical” or “exvangelical,” whatever those terms may mean?

According to a 2016 Pew Research poll of 35,000 American adults, statistics indicate that the population of self-identified “Christians” has dropped significantly from previous polls.

The last time Pew engaged in a similar survey in 2007, 78.4% of those surveyed identified themselves as Christian; by 2016, that percentage had dropped to 70.6%.

Based upon the statistics gathered, Pew came to the conclusion that not only is America’s Christian share of the population declining, at the same time there’s another opposite trend occurring: those who do not identify with any organized religion is also on the rise. What’s been highly publicized, too, is the major shift among millennials, who are walking away from churches, with more of a feeling that the church lost them, rather than the other way around. Moreover, many have reported that the white 81% evangelical Trump vote (and continued full-throated support throughout his presidency) was the final straw. Disgusted and disillusioned by the apparent moral bankruptcy of the evangelical church, they’ve walked away for good.

Additionally, the rise of the recent #EmptyThePews, #Exvangelical, and #HowToEvangelical…