A  church in decline tries to reinvent itself, and its young members struggle with how to talk about Christianity. The Final Service is written and produced by <a href="https://www.mateoschimpf.com/">Mateo Schimpf</a> with additional writing and reporting from <a href="https://x.com/RaySuarezNews">Ray Suarez</a>. It's edited by Jarrod Sport with production support from Elize Manoukian. It's made possible with generous support by the <a href="https://hluce.org/">Henry Luce Foundation</a> and is distributed by <a href="https://prx.org/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwtdi_BhACEiwA97y8BPyhWiNO4ToVk8Gez4Y7C0hT3ni057tX7CoXuLYjF1tMC0DeJmBEahoCLUkQAvD_BwE">PRX</a>.

A church in decline tries to reinvent itself, and its young members struggle with how to talk about Christianity. The Final Service is written and produced by Mateo Schimpf with additional writing and reporting from Ray Suarez. It's edited by Jarrod Sport with production support from Elize Manoukian. It's made possible with generous support by the Henry Luce Foundation and is distributed by PRX.

A&nbsp; church in decline tries to reinvent itself, and its young members struggle with how to talk about Christianity. The Final Service is written and produced by <a href="https://www.mateoschimpf.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mateo Schimpf</a> with additional writing and reporting from <a href="https://x.com/RaySuarezNews" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ray Suarez</a>. It's edited by Jarrod Sport with production support from Elize Manoukian. It's made possible with generous support by the <a href="https://hluce.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Henry Luce Foundation</a> and is distributed by <a href="https://prx.org/?gad_source=1&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjwtdi_BhACEiwA97y8BPyhWiNO4ToVk8Gez4Y7C0hT3ni057tX7CoXuLYjF1tMC0DeJmBEahoCLUkQAvD_BwE" rel="noopener noreferrer">PRX</a>.

EP4. Stigma

Church membership in the U.S. has fallen off a cliff and pastors across the country are trying to save their congregations from shrinking to zero. Why have so many people left Christianity and can pastors do anything to save their churches from dying?

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Church membership in the U.S. has fallen off a cliff and pastors across the country are trying to save their congregations from shrinking to zero. Why have so many people left Christianity and can pastors do anything to save their churches from dying?

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