HTH: When Some Become None: Why the Religiously Unaffiliated are the Fastest Growing Religious Group

This insightful article takes a look at the situation occurring with the ‘Nones’- those claiming to be religiously unaffiliated in the U.S.  They are the largest and fastest growing religious group in America, and it is crucial for us to ask why they are leaving the church and severing religious ties at an ever-increasing rate.   Author Stacy Long says, “There is a common reason people say no to church, whether misunderstanding of Christianity keeps them away or whether they were raised in church. ‘We have dumbed down what it means to be part of the body of Christ,’ Rainer said.”