TY - BOOK AU - Duin,Julia TI - Quitting church: why the faithful are fleeing and what to do about it SN - 9780801068232 AV - BV 652.5 .D85 2008 PY - 2008/// CY - Grand Rapids, Mich. PB - Baker Books KW - Church attendance KW - Church membership N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-186); The flood outward : why so many people are leaving -- The irrelevant church : give them a reason to be here -- Searching for community : what we really wish church could be -- Emergence and resurgence : adjusting to the twenty-first century -- The loneliest number : why singles over thirty-five are saying good-bye -- Not so solid teaching : why Christians cannot exit the obstetrics ward -- Is the pastor the problem? : or is the whole system broken? -- The other sex : why many women are fed up -- Bewildered charismatics : looking for the Spirit in a parched land -- Bringing them back : if they want to come N2 - Describes how churches across America are losing members at a significant rate, and offers information and advice for pastors, church leaders, and churchgoers who wish to bring disenchanted Christians back into their midst UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0818/2008020161.html ER -