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church renewal
Church renewal is a term widely used by theologians, pastors, and church leaders to express hope for reform, revitalization and revival of the Church (as well as Christianity in general) in light of the decline of Christianity in many western countries. The idea of a Post-Christian age has made church renewal a popular topic of study among theologians and church leaders. Various philosophical, theological, sociological, and practical reasons have been given for the decline of Christianity and the waning influence of the church, and various ideas have been proposed to halt the decline. This has led to the rise of a number of church renewal movements, such as the emerging church movement, the missional church movement, the confessing movement, the simple church movement, New Calvinism, and New Monasticism, among others.
==History==
While the church has experienced trials throughout church history, the modern church renewal movements have arisen in response to the decline of the church in recent history. For example, between 1948 and 2008 the perecentage of Americans who identified themselves with some form of Christianity has dropped from 91% to 77%.〔This Easter, Smaller Percentage of Americans Are Christian, Gallup Polls, 2008〕 Even more troubling for church leaders is that of the 59% of Americans who are not affiliated with a church, six out of ten still consider themselves Christians and do not feel a need to be associated with a church congregation.〔New Statistics on Church Attendance and Avoidance, The Barna Group, 2009〕
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