About this book:

Houston is the future of American faith, arriving early. In *Counting Faith in Houston*, rigorous data meets vivid storytelling to reveal how the nation’s most diverse city has become a spiritual laboratory where megachurches rise alongside mosques and temples, historic denominations navigate steep decline, and the "nones" reshape the meaning of belief. This isn't just a local census; it’s a roadmap for the seismic shifts remapping religion in every American metropolis.

Move beyond the headlines of secularization to discover a more nuanced reality: a city where faith isn't vanishing, but violently shape-shifting. Through twenty-five sharply focused chapters, the book decodes the numbers behind the "nondenominational" explosion, the immigrant-driven revitalization of Catholicism and Eastern traditions, and the complex interplay of zip code, politics, and generation that determines who shows up on Sunday—and who stays home.

Whether you are a pastor strategizing for the next decade, a scholar tracking the Great Dechurching, or a citizen wondering what your neighborhood believes, this book offers the definitive statistical portrait of a city writing the next chapter of the American soul. *Counting Faith in Houston* proves that to understand where the country is headed spiritually, you simply have to count the faithful here.