Denominational Trends

In early December 2023, I was contacted by Rick Cousins with the Galveston Daily News. My friend in the Texas City area, Mike Allison, had (for some reason) recommended me as an “expert” on the matter of denominational trends, and Rick wanted to interview me. It was an email interview, so no face-to-face sit-down session, but I actually prefer that mode because it allows me to send along a host of ideas (but you have to get writing immediately!) so that you can

1) meet the needs and goals of the news article and

2) you have time to go "back-and-forth” so that you, as the “expert,” can inject as much nuance into the space-limited article as possible.

Here’s the article: A Scholar Looks at Church Trends in 2024.

I tried to find a balance between using statistics but also realizing that statistics tell a very limited part of the story. I think that this January 2023 Article by Wendy Cadge is a helpful resource along with data-driven resources from Pew or Gallup.