The American church is reorganizing… now what? You are invited to a conversation with Bob Smietana, Religion News Service national reporter, on Thursday, August 11 at noon EST.   Smietana will discuss his new book, “Reorganized Religion: The Reshaping of the American Church and Why it Matters,” which Worthy Publishing will release on August 30, 2022. REGISTER HERE Smietana will be joined in discussion by Scott Thumma of the Hartford Institute for Religion Research, Phil Vischer of Big Idea Productions, Jellyfish Labs, and VeggieTales, and New York Times bestselling author, national speaker, and public historian Jemar Tisby. The event will be moderated by RNS Managing Editor Roxanne Stone.   The event will dive into the future of organized religion in America and outline the options facing churches and other faith groups. Will they retreat? Will they become irrelevant? Or will they find a new path forward? REGISTER HERE Read more about the event here.   “Reorganized Religion: The Reshaping of the American Church and Why it Matters” can be preordered here.

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