Church: It’s Complicated

The Russell Moore Show

Russell Moore

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Just one in three of today’s pastors say that they are healthy. By 2050, less than half of the US population may identify as Christian. At the same time, 61 percent of millennials who attended church before the pandemic still worship with the same congregation. Not only that, but Barna recently found that young people—specifically Generation Z—are uniquely open to learning about Jesus. It’s within this good news–bad news cultural context that Russell Moore and producer Ashley Hales answer listener questions about church membership, church hurt, and pastoral ministry. The listener questions covered in this episode include: How should someone evaluate their desire to attend seminary? What factors should someone consider when looking for a church to join? How can congregants practice discernment around church hurt and abuse, specifically if a church is being investigated? How have pastors embroiled in public scandals incriminated fellow pastors? And how can the non-culpable pastors (and their loved ones) respond? Resources mentioned in this episode include: “Modeling the Future of Religion in America,” Pew Research Center “38% of U.S. Pastors Have Thought About Quitting Full-Time Ministry in the Past Year,” Barna “A New Chapter in Millennial Church Attendance,” Barna “Rising Spiritual Openness in America,” Barna Do you have a question for Russell Moore? Send it to questions@russellmoore.com. Ashley Hales is the producer of The Russell Moore Show, founder of Willowbrae Institute, and an author. Find out more at aahales.com. Click here for a trial membership at Christianity Today. “The Russell Moore Show” is a production of Christianity Today Executive Producers: Erik Petrik, Russell Moore, and Mike Cosper Host: Russell Moore Producer: Ashley Hales Associate Producers: Abby Perry and Azurae Phelps CT Administration: Christine Kolb Social Media: Kate Lucky Director of Operations for CT Media: Matt Stevens Production Assistance: coreMEDIA Audio Engineer: Kevin Duthu Coordinator: Beth Grabenkort Video Producer: John Roland Theme Song: “Dusty Delta Day” by Lennon Hutton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:17.3	That's where Y-A from.org. See? Well, welcome to the Russell Moore show. I am Ashley Hales. I get to produce this lovely conversation
1:49.7	and often we talk about listener questions and comments that Dr. Moore receives in his email or
1:56.1	online and today we are going to talk about some questions. I'm really looking forward to
2:01.6	it so if you have a question for Dr. Moore
2:04.2	be sure to send us an email at questions at Russell Moore.com. Are you ready to
2:10.0	get started Russell? I am very ready, yes. All right. Well, you know, this really a lot of
2:16.7	these questions have come in through your email or through social media questions
2:20.6	about pastoral ministry church membership church church hurt and I think questions about how do we
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