After a brief hiatus due to minor issues such as elections, inaugurations, and wildfires that threatened to destroy California, we are back. This week, we talk with Ryan Burge, an associate professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University and the man behind the substack "Graphs about Religion." Ryan can crunch real numbers about matters of faith, and he has made an interesting observation.
Non-denominational Christians are on the rise in the United States as many mainline Protestant churches continue to see numbers crater. Ryan suspects that the rise of the "non-denoms" correlates with the number of people who no longer trust institutions, be they ecclesiastical, governmental, or otherwise. Another factor is the increasing distrust we have in one another. There are some pros to having a small and independent church, but as you will hear from the discussion, there are some cons as well.
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