John Simons

New Study: Young Adults Leave the Church between 18 and 22.

According to LifeWay Research, two-thirds of young adults who regularly attend church stop attending between the ages of 18 and 22. First off, they had to do a study to figure that out?

I found a link to that article today at the NAMB Center For Missional Research. It reminded me of a conversation I had this past weekend on a related topic.  I was talking with a local youth pastor about his youth group (my son attends — he is the only middle schooler at our church).  We were talking about how different his group is than many others in town.  His Wednesday night event centers around Bible study.  They are currently working their way through Romans.  Most of the youth groups seem to focus on entertaining kids, and throwing in a quick devotional to “sanctify” the evening’s event.  The entertainment model was what I saw at several churches when I was in high school (and even college).
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Tags: Church, youth group, youth pastor