They’ve been the target of evangelistic efforts now and then, but the newer term, “dones,” captures a fact about them that other monikers didn’t: they’re finished — and most likely for good.
“There’s not a whole lot of hope of them coming back,” said Thom Schultz, a Colorado-based blogger and co-author of Why Nobody Wants to Go to Church Anymore. ...
Schultz said churches would be wise to let the “dones” go and focus on fixing the issues that led them to quit in the first place. ...
“We need to look at the people we already have and how we can listen and talk to them and be sure they are not the next ‘dones.’”
