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# The Evangelical Epidemic - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture
- URL: https://mereorthodoxy.com/the-evangelical-epidemic/
- Published: 2008-08-07T05:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-18T17:41:28.000Z
- Description: C Michael Patton carefully observes the (increasingly common) trend of people becoming doubtful, disillusioned, and eventually departing from Christ. David Sanford observes, “Any business that is losing 31 million of its customers is going out of business.” Check out his […]
- Author: Mere Orthodoxy
- Tags: Keith E. Buhler

[C Michael Patton ](http://www.reclaimingthemind.org/blog/2008/07/leaving-christianity-%e2%80%93-an-evangelical-epidemic/?ref=mereorthodoxy.com)carefully observes the (increasingly common) trend of people becoming doubtful, disillusioned, and eventually departing from Christ.

David Sanford observes, “Any business that is losing 31 million of its customers is going out of business.” Check out his book [“If God Disappears: 9 Faith Wreckers and What to Do About Them”](http://www.amazon.com/If-God-Disappears-Faith-Wreckers/dp/1414316178/ref=pd%5Frhf%5Ff%5Fi%5Fk2a%5F2?ref=mereorthodoxy.com)

\*Update: Link fixed.