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Latter Day Struggles

136: Gerontocracy, Escalating Young Adult Attrition & LDS Growth Stagnation

Latter Day Struggles

Valerie Hamaker

Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Religion & Spirituality, Religion, Mental Health

4.5859 Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: End of LDS Growth Analysis [Part IV of VI] Welcome to episode #4 of this six part mini-series where we are diving into all things LDS church growth struggles as studied in the recent journal article titled, “End of Growth? Fading Prospects for Latter-day Saint Expansion” (article in full linked below) In today’s episode, Nathan and Val work through three more reasons exploring why the LDS church has not grown into the "next Islam" as forecasted ...

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0:00.0

Hi, Latter Day struggles, friends and fans.

0:03.1

We know that navigating a faith crisis can feel overwhelming, especially when it impacts our closest relationships, our parents, our partners, and our kids.

0:13.2

That's why Valerie has created two online self-paced classes to help.

0:17.3

The first is a couple's guide to faith crisis and expansion.

0:20.7

This class is here for a partner

0:21.9

or couple who want to navigate faith shifts with mutual respect and deeper connection. Next is

0:26.8

a family's guide to mixed faith parenting. This class offers tools to help parents develop

0:30.7

greater harmony and understanding when belief differences arise within our families. Both classes are

0:35.7

packed with helpful tools and perspectives that can

0:37.9

give you hope and a way forward. So if you're looking for a little guidance on this,

0:41.6

visit laddarday struggles.com to learnatter Day Struggles. This is your host, Valerie. Happy to be here with you. And so happy to have you here with me, Nathan Hamaker. How are you today, my friend and my husband?

1:10.5

I'm great. Compliment. To call you, my friend and my husband. I'm great.

1:11.8

Compliment.

1:12.5

To call you my friend in addition to my husband, you know, that's saying something.

1:17.9

You would just pause.

1:19.3

I think you had to think for a minute.

1:20.7

Well, I was wanting to say my friend.

1:22.8

And then I thought, is that weird?

1:24.1

And then I thought, no, I don't think that's weird.

1:25.6

That's actually very good.

1:26.9

You want to be a friend to your husband. You process that very fast.

1:31.3

So anyways, that was the two second pause. Okay, we're here on episode number four of this series

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