JUST BECAUSE YOU GRADUATED DOESN’T MEAN YOU GRADUATE FROM CHURCH. DID YOU KNOW THAT ACCORDING TO FRITZ, “STUDIES BY GEORGE BARNA, NEHIEMIAH INSTITUTE, AND THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION SHOW THAT 70 TO 88 PERCENT OF CHILDREN FROM CHRISTIAN FAMILIES WILL LEAVE THE FAITH AFTER GRADUATION.
Church Dropouts
- Reasons 18 to 22 Year Olds Drop Out of Church
- Results from a recent LifeWay Research study uncover reasons 70% of young adults stop attending church for at least a year between ages 18 to 22.
- Parents, Churches Can Help Teens Stay in Church
- Comparisons of teens who stay in church and those who drop out reveal several things that parents and churches can do to encourage more teens to stay in church.
- Church Dropout Study Podcast Part 1
- Church Dropout Study Podcast Part 2
- Listen as Dr. Ed Stetzer, director of LifeWay Research, and Scott McConnell, associate director of LifeWay Research, discuss the study results.
- Church Dropouts How Many Leave Church and Why Powerpoint
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(PC users right-click on link and select Save Target As to download PowerPoint file to your computer.
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- Podcast Interview with Youth Transition Network Executive Director Jeff Schadt
- Podcast Interview LifeWay Collegiate Ministries Director Linda Osborne
- Viewpoint Dropout Study Illustrates the Great Opportunity We Have
- Jim Johnston, director of young adult ministry at LifeWay, shares his opinion of the study results.
- Viewpoint Lost In Transition
- Mark Lydecker, Collegiate Evangelism Director at the North American Mission Board, reflects on the study.
Our vision is to see God take a few college students and turn it into to something bigger than we can imagine. It is a fact that 70 to 88 % of 18 yr olds leave the church.
Part of that problem is this age group is often forgotten. this ministry is about taking the gospel to the corners of the Earth. Matt.28:19-20. Our vision is to see college/young professionals reaching other college/young professionals in the Decatur area. So I need your help. If you have this same heart please come to make a start.
Please be in prayer for this ministry.