“While family-oriented goals may climb higher on the list of priorities as these respondents move further into adulthood, nearly four in 10 young adults also aim to follow their dreams (38%) and about one in three wants to start a business (36%), travel to other countries (32%) or become financially independent from their parents (30%),” the Barna report noted.
“Only a third of young adults around the world say they often feel cared for by those around me (33%) and often feel someone believes in me (32%), according to a survey from Barna and World Vision of 18- to 35-year-olds from 25 countries.” - Facts & Trends
New Barna Research: “Forty-seven percent of respondents with some connection to Christianity say they feel the Church ‘cannot answer their questions’ or spiritual doubts. According to the study, one in three young adults (32 percent) said ‘hypocrisy of religious people’ causes them to doubt things of a spiritual dimension.
“In his analysis of data from the General Social Survey of five-year windows in which individuals were born spanning from 1965 to 1984 and published by the Barna Group, Ryan Burge…shows that younger generations raised in the church aren’t typically returning to church when compared with members of the ‘Baby boomer’ generation.” - Christian Post
“In a sample of the research released Tuesday, Barna found that… 64% of millennial non-Christians reported having one or more conversations about their beliefs with a Christian, versus 44% for older non-Christians.” - Christian Post
“As part of the American Bible Society and Barna Research’s State of the Bible 2019, respondents were given five prominent biblical commands and asked which one was the most important.
Out of the options, American Bible users were most likely to choose ‘do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with God,’ taken from Micah 6:8.” - Facts & Trends
“In fact, schools are ranked alongside a child’s friends and peers as primarily negative influences — a view held by 61 percent of Protestant leaders and 65 percent of Catholic leaders,” said Barna. - Christian Post
“Twenty-five percent of professing, practicing Christians live in households that regularly pray and practice Bible reading together and conduct outreach together to others, while 28 percent live in households that do none of the items on that list” - Christian Headlines
“The study found that for non-Christians who are willing to talk about faith with their Christian peers, their preferences for dialogue often fall short of their experiences.” - Christian Post
“The new report, ‘Reviving Evangelism,’ commissioned by Alpha USA, examines the experiences of persons who share their faith and their attitudes toward evangelizing.” - Christian Post
