Church Tomorrow?: What the 'Nones' and 'Dones' Teach Us About the Future of Faith

by Stephanie Spellers

256 pages, Hardcover

Published December 2, 2025

About the author

STEPHANIE SPELLERS serves as Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s Canon for Evangelism and Reconciliation. The author of The Church Cracked Open, and The Episcopal Way (with Eric Law), she has directed mission and evangelism work at General Theological Seminary and in the Diocese of Long Island. A native of Kentucky and a graduate of both Episcopal Divinity School and Harvard Divinity School, she lives in Harlem, New York.

Reviews

[Amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

I somehow finished this in a single day.

I have some mixed feelings about this book, but mostly I found it encouraging and refreshing in several ways. I was encouraged to hear a priest/reverend call out publicly the White Christo-Nationalism we're seeing take over certain branches of the church as the heresy it so clearly is. I was also encouraged that she took time to talk to and listen to people who have been leaving the church, have left the church, or were never a part of it, and actually get to know them instead of assuming she knew why they left and judging them for it (as many evangelical preachers seem too quick to do). I think her suggestions for ways the church could move forward were interesting, and at least beg more thought.

I have mixed feelings about some of the more nuanced theological takes or suggestions she had, but overall I think this is worth the read and the conversation it should spark.

[JA · Rating 5 out of 5]

Data and interviews are fun! Let’s all give up worshipping underused buildings.