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Why Are Mormons Leaving the Church? What the Data Actually Reveals

Why are Mormons leaving the church, and what does Jeff Strong’s research reveal about the culture they’re leaving behind? In Torn, faithful Mormon researcher Jeff Strong examines why current and former members disengage from the church. His research identifies church history and truth claims as th…

How Mormon Apologists Dismiss Research About Why People Leave

What happens when research produces findings Mormon apologists don’t want to hear? In 2011, Church Historian Marlin Jensen admitted that Mormonism was going through a period of massive apostasy, unlike anything since Kirtland. More than a decade later, faithful Mormon researcher Jeff Strong gathere…

Jeff Strong, Part 1: Why People Leave the Church

When Jeff Strong’s missionary son decided to come home and step away from the Church, it forced Jeff to confront questions he had already begun seeing in the lives of people around him. In Part 1 of our conversation with the author of Torn, we talk about what his research uncovered about why activ…

Jeff Strong Torn, Part 2: Loving Without Fixing

What if loving someone means letting go of the need to change them? In Part 2 of our conversation with Torn author Jeff Strong, we talk about one of the hardest parts of a faith transition: what happens between the people who leave and the people who stay. Can a believing parent truly accept a ch…

Jeff Strong Torn

LDS businessman Jeff Strong wrote a book titled Torn that includes a number of important statistics on how many Latter-day Saints have left their religion in the past few years. In fact, he says 40% of all Latter-day Saints have left since the beginning of this millennium. MRM's Bill McKeever and E…

Jeff Strong Torn Part 2

LDS businessman Jeff Strong wrote a book titled Torn that includes a number of important statistics on how many Latter-day Saints have left their religion in the past few years. In fact, he says 40% of all Latter-day Saints have left since the beginning of this millennium. MRM’s Bill McKeever and E…

Jeff Strong Torn Part 3

LDS businessman Jeff Strong wrote a book titled Torn that includes a number of important statistics on how many Latter-day Saints have left their religion in the past few years. In fact, he says 40% of all Latter-day Saints have left since the beginning of this millennium. MRM’s Bill McKeever and E…

Jeff Strong Torn Part 4

LDS businessman Jeff Strong wrote a book titled Torn that includes a number of important statistics on how many Latter-day Saints have left their religion in the past few years. In fact, he says 40% of all Latter-day Saints have left since the beginning of this millennium. MRM’s Bill McKeever and E…

A Conversation with Greg Prince and Jeff Strong

Send us Fan Mail Why are so many people leaving The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints—and why do so many faithful members misunderstand their reasons for leaving? In this episode of Inside Out, Ian and Jim welcome two influential voices in the conversation about Mormonism's future: histor…

Greg Prince and Jeff Strong: A Torn Discussion - Part II

Send us Fan Mail In the second part of our conversation about Jeff Strong's book Torn, we move beyond identifying the challenges facing The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to asking a more difficult question: What can we actually do about them? Jeff Strong and Greg Prince return to Insi…