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July 30, 2019 44 mins

In episode 21 of Listening At The Fire, the podcast from Fountain Street Church, host Virginia Anzengruber sat down with Rev. Christopher Roe (Minister for Spiritual Life and Learning), Rev. Dr. Fred Wooden (Senior Minister), and Jack Woller (Executive Director) to have a roundtable discussion about the challenges of an independent church in 2019. 

 

Church decline statistics:

  • https://news.gallup.com/poll/248837/church-membership-down-sharply-past-two-decades.aspx
  • https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/517785/
  • https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/attendance-at-religious-services/
  • https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/11/what-should-america-do-its-empty-church-buildings/576592/
  • https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/08/religious-participation-survey/496940
  • https://www.apnews.com/f15241378057486ea437cad490a2ed67
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    Episode credits:

  • Producer/Host: Virginia Anzengruber
  • Editor/Sound Recordist: Virginia Anzengruber
  • Special thanks to: Rev. Christopher Roe, Rev. Dr. Fred Wooden, and Jack Woller for their time and energy in the making of this episode.
  • Theme song: "Alone Again" by Kingsbury. Her new song "In My Brain" is available on Spotify, and her single "Blurry Now" is featured in the newest season of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina on Netflix, and the new music video for "All Gone" is now on YouTube.
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