In Search of the Unchurched: Why People Don’t Join Your Congregation

Praise for the Book

“In this book you will find information from careful research on twenty-seven identifiable 'transitions' faced by most congregations today. But the book goes beyond the research to point out—through illustrative anecdotes from all kinds of churches—practical starting points for pastors and lay leaders ready to address those transitions. Klaas, who led this wide-ranging research effort, is to be congratulated for making its findings availalbe far beyond the Lutheran churches in which the study was done.” —Loren Mead

“This book is both a superb diagnostic statement on the place of the church in an unchurched society and a challenging prescription for change. Must reading for every pastor, denominational executive, lay leader, and seminary professor!” —Lyle E. Schaller