“About three-quarters of U.S. adults (77%) support in-class cellphone bans for middle and high school students…. About half of U.S. adults (48%) back ‘bell-to-bell’ school cellphone bans for middle and high school students…43% oppose the idea, while 8% are not sure.” - Pew
Is This Young Person Ready to Be Baptized? Clarifying Questions and Considerations for Churches
“1. Can This Young Person Count the Cost of a Life of Following Jesus?… 2. Can This Young Person Fulfill the Responsibilities the New Testament Gives to Church Members?… 3.
Young people may be leaving the Church, but not for the reason you think
“The early church didn’t grow because it had better content than the Romans. It grew because people watched Christians live in ways that made no sense unless they were real.” - Phil Cooke
Service and Volunteer Work Linked to Key Benefits for Youth
“New research from The Allstate Foundation and Gallup finds that participating in service is strongly associated with skills and mindsets that help young people thrive. Those who engage in service report greater outcomes in areas of career readiness, connection and resilience.” - Gallup
Transgender and Nonbinary Identity Is Rapidly Declining Among College Students
“The percentage of college students identifying as transgender or nonbinary has declined by nearly half over the past two years, according to a new report analyzing large-scale campus surveys.” - Relevant
Study: Evangelical support for Israel is holding steady, but a shift may be coming
“The difference between younger people and older people in the evangelical community is definitely statistically valid, statistically relevant….In every way, younger evangelicals are less engaged with Israel.” - Baptist Press
Review of William Boekestein's ‘Finding My Vocation’
“Finding My Vocation is a rare achievement. It expresses rich biblical and theological principles (informed by some of the best minds from church history) with simplicity, clarity, and specificity.” - Ref21
Toxic Phones—or a Toxic Culture?
“That is the argument I make in the new edition of my book (October 1) The Collapse of Parenting: namely, that the problems American kids are experiencing are not solely due to smartphones per se, but to an increasingly toxic American youth culture.” - IFS
Taking The Anxious Generation Further
“Claire Morell writes that ‘the tide is finally turning’ when it comes to children, smartphones, and social media. Thanks in large part to Haidt’s work, concerted efforts are being made to reclaim childhood from the pull of the screen.” - Public Discourse
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9 Simple Ways to Engage Gen Z with the Bible
“When I finished speaking, a long line of people formed to ask questions…. they all asked me versions of the same exact question: ‘How do I get my kids to look away from their phone and engage?’” - Word by Word