We continue looking at why young people fifteen and older leave the church, according to Barna research.1 The latest reason is young people don’t feel safe questioning their faith. Young people have said that the church "feels unfriendly to doubters." [...]
Today, we’re looking at the last reason why three in five young people fifteen and older are leaving the church.1 Do you know many young people “wrestle with the exclusive nature of Christianity”? In fact, “younger Americans have been shaped [...]
Today, we’re looking at the fourth reason why three in five young people fifteen and older are leaving the church (according to Barna research).1 Number four is “young Christians’ church experiences related to sexuality are often simplistic, judgmental.” With sexuality lived [...]
This week we’re taking a peek at why young people are leaving the church.1 Three in five young people older than fifteen do that. Today, we’re looking at reason number three, outlined by Barna research. The most common of the [...]
Yesterday, we started talking about why kids are leaving the church. Today, we take a look at the second reason. Barna research says young people think that “church is boring.”1 Some suggest “faith is not relevant to [their] career or interests,” [...]
Barna Group research says there are five reasons why three in five kids leave the church after they’re fifteen.1 First? They say churches “seem overprotective.” Most young people in the church want “their faith in Christ to connect to the [...]
Are you concerned your son or daughter might not stay in church when they become adults? Today, kids are becoming less and less engaged in our local churches. According to Barna research, three out of five young people fifteen years of [...]
A lot of kids have a hard time sitting through church. Six-year-old Angie and her four-year-old brother, Joel, were sitting together in church. Joel giggled, sang, and talked out loud. Finally, his big sister had enough. She said, “You’re not [...]
In this political season, we can’t help but hear the things politicians are against. My question is, “What are they FOR?” It’s the same question I have for Christians. There are a lot of churches of Christians who tell their [...]
How many times have you heard your kids say, “Church is boring”? In some instances, they're right. Church CAN be boring, especially if you go to a church where the Gospel isn’t preached, godly worship isn’t practiced, and the church [...]