The Top Reasons Young People Drop Out of Church
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“Even with 1 in 4 leaving over politics, college kids are more likely to return after a hiatus than leave for good.” - CToday
Gay, transgender youth at 'significantly higher risk' of suicide than heterosexual peers: study
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“A systematic review and meta-analysis of 2.5 million adolescents published in JAMA Pediatrics concluded that ‘sexual minority youths’ — those identifying as ‘homosexual,’ ‘bisexual,’ ‘transgender’ — ‘have a significantly higher risk of life-threatening behavior compared with their heterosexual peers.’” - CP
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Are We Scaring Our Kids into Leaving the Faith?
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“We often teach our youth that the ‘outside world’ is full of reprobate, evil monsters, and that the moment you graduate from Christian school and step onto a college campus or into a workplace, you’re going to be attacked from all sides—persecuted, mocked and ostracized.” - Pursuing the Pursuer
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Teens' screen time linked to ADHD, spiritual problems
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“Teens who report high-frequency digital media use are twice as likely to develop attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association reports.” - BPNews
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1 in 4 Church of England Congregations Did Not Have Any Children Attend Worship
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“In an analysis of church attendance among their congregations during the month of October 2016, the Church of England found that the smallest 25 percent of churches reported 0 children attended on average.” CPost
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Passion, Guilt, and Narcissism: Growing Up in 2016
As the mother of four young people ranging in age from 15 to 28, I’ve spent the last couple of decades trying to prepare them for the world they will live in.
Along the way I’ve listened to many a fellow parent bemoan the problems of “these kids today.” Memes of children walking around looking at their smartphones are our signposts of The End of Civilization as We Know It.
However, the parents and elders of every generation echo the lament, “These kids today …” There’s a quote, old enough to be sometimes attributed to Plato, which states, “The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.”
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Teens Read Bible More During the School Year
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Teens who “attend church at least once a month, and say their faith is very important in their lives—who read their Bible do so the same amount all year long (73%) … Of those who are left, 18 percent of practicing Protestant teens read more during the school year; only half that amount read more during the unstructured summer (9%).” CT
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Barna: Only 3 percent of teens read Bible daily
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“The Barna Group conducted research commissioned by the American Bible Society that uncovers surprising facts about the role the Bible plays in the lives of teens and the attitude they take toward God’s Word.”
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Letters to a Young Progressive
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“I learned that the main problem in higher education is not that we don’t teach religion at the university. The problem is that we teach false religion.” ~Mike Adams’ column at Townhall.com
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Topics to discuss with teens before prom
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“Long before plans for this cultural springtime event start to take shape, we need to begin talking with our teens about media messages and our biblical worldview.” From thrivingfamily.com
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