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The Great Dechurching: A Conversation with Michael Graham

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Michael Graham is the program director for The Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics and coauthor of The Great Dechurching: Who’s Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will it Take to Bring Them Back?  In this episode, he joins Dr. Keith Plummer and co-host Pastor Ben Best to talk about the 40 million Americans who have left the church in the last 25 years. They discuss the cultural drivers behind this exodus, the various types of dechurched individuals, and their reasons for leaving. Michael also shares insights from their study on how churches and individual believers can re-engage those who have left.

Keith Plummer

Dr. Keith Plummer is the dean of the School of Divinity at Cairn University and a fellow with the Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics.

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Ben Best is co-host of Defragmenting and senior pastor at Hilltown Baptist Church in Chalfont, PA.

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Michael Graham is program director for The Keller Center. He is the executive producer and writer of As in Heaven and coauthor of The Great Dechurching.

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defragmenting is a podcast of Cairn University promoting biblical integrity and thoughtful Christianity.

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