Mending the Fracturing Church: How to Navigate Conflict and Build Trust for Thriving Communities

The local church in the United States is at a crossroads. Declining attendance, aging congregations, and costly buildings are compounded by deep divisions over issues like sexuality, gender, race, and immigration. Generational gaps have widened, and many congregations lack diversity, becoming politically homogenous and fragmented. Amid these tensions, the sense that something is profoundly wrong is palpable.

Mending the Fracturing Church offers a way forward, inviting churches to confront an...