HAEMORRHAGING FAITHstemming the flow of young people from the

church

DREAMING OF MOREfor the next generation

DAVID SAWLER Goodbye Generation

Despite all our incredible children’s,

youth and young adult programs, we have not been able

to stop this mass exodus from our

churches. We have not just

lost one generation, we are losing

several.

DAVID KINNAMAN You Lost Me

Like a Geiger counter under a mushroom

cloud, the next generation is reacting to the radioactive intensity of social, technological, and religious changes. And for the most part, we are sending them

into the world unprepared to withstand

the fallout.

ALREADY GONE Ken Ham & Britt Beamer

Students didn’t begin doubting in college, they simply departed by college. If you look around in your church today, two-thirds of those who are sitting among us have already left in their hearts

MEND THE GAP Jason Gardner

If the church is haemorrhaging young people, we have to ask our selves if it’s because we address the issue of discipleship too late. Is the spiritual education we provide for our young people neither consistent enough or rigorous enough to provide them with the means to have a strong and stable faith in a time when there are many challenges to the authenticity and relevance of our beliefs?

STICKY FAITH Kara Powell & Chap Clark

Faith trajectories are often set in early adolescence. Sadly,

most youth ministries are long on fun and fluff and short

on listening and thoughtful engagement. The former produces a million paper

boats; the latter produces a handful of seaworthy ships.

Twenty years ago, the phrase was, ‘If you don’t reach a young

person by 18, you probably won’t reach them.’

Now, atheists and agnostics have the same access to your kids as you do; it is just one click away. The internet has levelled the playing field, and

nowIf you don’t reach a child by their 12th birthday, you won’t

reach them.”

Josh McDowell Changes that create the perfect storm against the church

Christian Research Australia

50,000 young people a year are

leaving the Christian faith and deciding that they have 'no religion'.

PHILIP HUGHES

DAVID GOODWIN Lost in Transition

One of the biggest problems I have seen,

and which I believe must be addressed, is that a

large percentage of children who have been

brought up in Sunday Schools and churches -

and in Christian homes - do not continue on into

adult church.

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“There is an increasing probability that young people will develop high Christian commitment, and high loyalty to the Church if they have the benefits of effective homes, effective churches and effective Adventist schools."

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It is time to work together for the life-long faith of our present and future generations of children and young people.

We have a faith retention problem ANDWe have a solution.

In Partnership With www.HERE2STAY.org.

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discipling to stay

http://children.adventist.org.au/faith-shaper