Earlier this month, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints changed its view on LGBTQ members. “Immoral conduct in heterosexual or homosexual relationships will be treated the same way,” church leaders announced, but married LGBTQ church members will no longer be seen as apostates, and the children of such unions can be baptized in the church. This changed rolled back a 2015 policy that caused quite a bit of heartache in the church, with a certain number either formally leaving the church or just staying away. Many report being happy about the recent change, but will it be enough to keep these folks and their supporters in the fold?

As Jana Riess notes in her new book The Next Mormons: How Millennials Are Changing the LDS Church, the church is not declining in membership, but its growth has started to slow. Riess, a senior columnist for the Religion News Service, finds that “church activity and fervor also appear to be waning among some younger members,” with internal research showing that “only 30 percent of young single adult Mormons could be considered active participants.”