Church renewal
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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.
Notable theologians dealing with church renewal
