According to the Pew Research Center, 22% of American adults consider themselves "spiritual but not religious" (SBNR). Without an overarching set of beliefs or cultural practices, how do SBNR people come together to pray, worship, and practice? And how does a minister in this emergent space find ways to serve when there is no established church or congregation?
Rev. Andrew Forsthoefel ('23) will share some of his own story as a SBNR-type, and how he's now finding ways to attract, organize, and serve his people in community, at work, and in his own family.
BIO
Rev. Andrew Forsthoefel is husband to Tana, father to Valor and a little one on the way, and friend to their dog, Rose. He works as a Restorative Justice specialist in public schools for Cumberland County Public Health, and moonlights as a community chaplain and ceremonialist. Andrew leads monthly SBNR worship services at a friend's barn in Freeport. He's the author of the book, "Walking to Listen," and he writes regularly on Substack (littlecourtyard.substack.com).