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Parishes today cater to the modern family’s busy lifestyle in order to attract and keep members. But perhaps it’s that attitude that is driving people away.

By Eric Sammons, Editor, Crisis Magazine, Aug. 10, 2023

Eric Sammons is the editor-in-chief of Crisis Magazine.

Religious bodies across the board—Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, you name it—are losing members in record numbers. But there are a few exceptions, and at the top of the list are the Amish. Fully 90% of those who grow up Amish remain Amish. Any Catholic bishop worth his salt would give his miter for retention rates even close to that.

What’s amazing about the Amish’s ability to keep their members is that their religion is one of the most demanding in the world today. Modern religious conventional wisdom argues that religions must “meet people where they’re at” and most importantly not demand much from their members. Doing so would drive people away, according to this logic. Yet the witness of the Amish shows that the opposite is true—demanding religions retain their members. …

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