Darrell Bock, host of The Table (podcast), a ministry of the Howard Hendricks Center for Cultural Engagement, recently interviewed John Dickerson, pastor of Cornerstone EFC in Prescott, AZ, and author of the recently published, The Great Evangelical Recession: 6 Factors That Will Crash the American Church . . . and How to Prepare.
This two-part interview was under the theme of “Fixing the Trouble with Evangelicalism.” Each interview is about 30 minutes in length.
Part 1: Learning from the Great Evangelical Recession
00:13: Dickerson’s journey from journalism to pastoral ministry
03:45: Dickerson’s research methodology and cultural analysis
06:37: Inflation: The size of the American evangelical movement
10:39: Bleeding: Those who leave the evangelical church
18:00: Bankrupt: The financial impact on the evangelical church
22:31: Dividing: The fragmentation of the evangelical church
25:19: Sputtering: National population growth and the evangelical church
Part 2: Re-Imaging Evangelicalism in a Changing World
This is an excellent interview. I encourage you to take the time to listen to what John has to say.