Podcast:The Overthinkers Published On: Mon Apr 01 2024 Description: 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/