Caitlin Clark over the last six games 😈
32 PTS, 10 AST & 7 REB
25 PTS, 5 AST & 3 REB
21 PTS, 14 AST & 5 REB
26 PTS, 7 AST & 2 REB
26 PTS, 7 AST & 3 REB
24 PTS, 9 AST & 3 REB
most consecutive 20+ point & 5+ assist games (and more 😏) in WNBA history.
@joelrainey I believe that's one of the biggest takeaways from my study--the disconnect between top leaders (many of whom have never been pastors or it's been some time since they were) and the typical congregant attending regularly.
June 19—“Juneteenth,” also called Emancipation Day—commemorates the day in 1865 that the Emancipation Proclamation was read to enslaved African Americans in Texas:
The Committee of Five—John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Livingston, and Roger Sherman—was appointed to draft the Declaration of Independence 250 years ago today.
Jefferson's draft of the document is here at the Library, and will be featured in a new exhibition opening July 3.
Church attendance in America is being propped up by one unusually large generation: the Baby Boomers. That is not conjecture. It is a demographic reality.
Boomers comprise roughly 40–50% of adult membership in many Protestant denominations, even though they represent only about 20% of the U.S. adult population. In other words, Boomers are about twice as prominent in churches as they are in society at large. This imbalance explains why many congregations feel relatively stable today. But it also explains why that stability is temporary.
The age distribution data is sobering. In several mainline Protestant denominations, roughly two-thirds of adult members are over 60. Evangelical denominations are not dramatically younger. Southern Baptists, for example, have only 6% of adults under age 30.
The future is not just about death rates. It is about replacement. Across denominations, the share of adults in “peak fertility years” (18–40) has declined sharply. For example, Southern Baptists fell from 28% in 2008–2010 to 19% in 2022–2024. Additionally, non-denominational evangelicals dropped from 39% to 27%. Similar trends appear across the mainline groups.
The bottom line is unavoidable:
-Birth rates are too low to offset losses.
-Transfer growth potential is largely exhausted as the median church size is half of what it was three decades ago.
-Many denominations are on pace to lose 30% of their adults in about 15 years and 50% in about 20 years.
A church without a full nursery is not merely missing a ministry opportunity. It is facing demographic contraction. https://t.co/xC3Pd48Noh