What is Church? (With Father Astor Yelangueuzian)

A growing number of people in The West are abandoning church, reinventing church, and saying we need to come back to church. But what even is church? We discuss with Anglican minister Father Astor on our latest episode. 

 

Links to further resources:

 

 

https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/essay/origin-nature-church/

 

https://www.catholic.com/audio/sp/the-true-meaning-of-the-word-church

 

https://www.simplycatholic.com/what-we-believe-what-is-the-church/

 

https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/who-is-the-church

 

https://www.graphsaboutreligion.com/p/is-anyone-going-to-church-more-now#:~:text=The%20most%20recent%20estimate%20comes,MILLION%20between%202008%20and%202022.

 

https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2018/08/01/why-americans-go-to-religious-services/

 

https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/americans-christians-dont-go-church-must/

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/21/leaving-christianity-religion-church-community/

 

https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/church-increases-generosity/

 

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/psychiatry-needs-to-get-right-with-god/#:~:text=Yet%20the%20only%20group%20to,42%20percent%20one%20year%20ago.

 

https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/themelios/review/the-toxic-war-on-masculinity/