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Millennials Receptive to but Highly Critical of Christianity, by Billy Roberts

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Part 14 in series How Millennials Who Gave up on Church are Redefining Faith and Re-engaging Community by Billy Roberts Bad news for churches trying to fill their seats with young people. A recent survey of Millennial values conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute offers little in the way of good news for religious affiliation and the Millennial generation. The study, [...]

New Study Reveals Why Millennials Are Leaving the Church, by Robert P. Jones, PhD

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Part 13 in series How Millennials Who Gave up on Church are Redefining Faith and Re-engaging Community by Robert P. Jones, Ph.D., CEO and Founder, Public Religion Research Institute Pastors and priests seeking to fill their pews with young churchgoers have a tough task ahead. According to a newly released survey, even before they move out of their [...]

Can Anything Good Come from Hollywood? Acton Institute Interview with Gary David Stratton

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

How shalom, common good and prosperity can come from an unlikely place. by Jon Hirst from The Acton Institute Today we share an interview with Dr. Gary David Stratton, PhD, Chairman of the Christian Ministries Department at Bethel University, Senior Editor at TwoHandedWarriors.com, a pastor at Basileia Hollywood, and Director of the Hollywood Bezalel Initiative. You can follow Gary [...]

The Zacchaeus Generation: Identity, Community, and Seeing, by Mike Friesen

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Part 9 in series How Millennials Who Gave up on Church are Redefining Faith and Re-engaging Community. by Mike Friesen Our identities are ultimately dictated by our relationships. We are the byproduct of whom we commune with. When we look at what people become, they often have a worldview that kind of looks like their parents‘, [...]

Four Reasons I Came Back to Church, by Christian Piatt

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Part 8 in series How Millennials Gave Up on “Church” are Redefining Faith and Re-engaging Community. by Christian Piatt I’ve written a couple of pieces lately that have gotten a lot of attention about why younger people tend to walk away from church. (If you haven’t seen them yet, here are the links: ”Seven Reasons Why Young [...]

15 Reasons I Left Church, by Rachel Held Evans

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Part 6 in series How Millennials Who Gave Up on “Church” are Redefining Faith and Re-engaging Community. “We aren’t looking for a faith that provides all the answers; we’re looking for one in which we are free to ask the questions.” – Rachel Held Evans, Evolving in Monkey Town, p. 204 by Rachel Held Evans Eight million twenty-somethings [...]

Four More (BIG) Reasons Young Adults Quit Church, by Christian Piatt

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Part 5 in series A Place of Our Own: How Millennials Who Have Given Up on “Church” are Redefining Faith and Re-engaging Community by Christian Piatt There has been a surprisingly positive response to the article I published yesterday: “Seven Reasons Why Young Adults Quit Church.” And as I noted, it was hardly a comprehensive list. There [...]

Seven Reasons Why Young Adults Quit Church, by Christian Piatt

Monday, April 2, 2012

Part 4 in series How Millennials Who Gave Up on Church are Redefining Faith and Re-engaging Community. by Christian Piatt From time to time I revisit the question: why are young adults walking away from religion? Although the answer(s) vary from person to person, there are some general trends that I think apply in most cases. [...]

Prodigals, Nomads and Exiles: Five Myths about Why Millennials are Leaving the Church, by David Kinnaman

Monday, April 2, 2012

Part 3 in series A Place of Our Own: How Millennials Who Have Given Up on “Church” are Redefining Faith and Re-engaging Community. by David Kinnaman The Barna Group team spent much of the last five years exploring the lives of young people who drop out of church. The research provides many insights into the spiritual journeys of [...]

You Lost Me: Six Reasons Millennial Christians are Leaving The Church, by David Kinnaman

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Part 2 in series How Millennials Who Gave Up on Church are Redefining Faith and Re-engaging Community. by David Kinnaman A five-year project I headed as president of the Barna Group explores the opportunities and challenges of faith development among teens and young adults within a rapidly shifting culture. The findings of the research are included [...]