Disillusionment with Christianity or the church has been neither widely reported nor carefully studied. But the signs are unmistakable: a growing sense of despair and defeatism in evangelical ranks; in most congregations, apathetic and bored members number about one-third of their memberships; baby-boomers have become "religious consumers", attending churches on an "as needed" basis; the "lost generation" that left main line Protetantism in the '60s, '70s, and '80s is not coming back; Christians seem to be switching churches in record numbers; almost all growth reported by North American churches today is the result of church switching. -- from fly leaf.