Description
American life is witnessing a quiet exodus away from the church. People are leaving all kinds of churches-Roman Catholic, Orthodox, mainline Protestant, as well as evangelical and fundamentalist churches. We explore this cross-denominational exodus, drawing on Barbara Brown Taylor’s excellent work Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith. This lecture is for those who have left the church, those who have not, and anyone interested in this question: Why do people leave the church?
Rev. Frank Yates is the interim pastor at Shepherd of the Valley Presbyterian Church. He teaches New Testament in the religious studies program at UNM. He is a graduate of Abilene Christian University and UT Austin and has graduate degrees from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary.