Proof The Bible Is True

Three out of five young Christians leave church after the age of 15. If one were to stand in a room full of hundreds of people and ask why that is, one should expect to get at least as many answers. The issue is personal; perhaps deep down, those of us who have influence over a child’s potential faith, either point our fingers at others, or partly blame ourselves for not setting a good enough example. For letting the kid hang with the wrong crowd, for not wowing the kid into faith, for not keeping church interesting enough, for not communicating the gospel smartly enough. So, what do the kids have to say?

A research study conducted over a five-year period and released a few years ago by the Barna Group, points to six different reasons why young people leave church. Interviews with teenagers, young adults, youth pastors, senior pastors and parents were compiled to produce the following results. Some kids may have chosen more than one reason below, hence the percentages do not add up to 100%.

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