young people

35 Million Christian Youths Will Leave Christianity by 2050, New Report Predicts

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

A new report shows that some 35 million youths raised in Christian families will leave Christianity by the year 2050.

The U.S. Church Isn’t Dying and Young People Aren’t Fleeing, Says Myth-Busting Book

Thursday, August 15, 2019

You’ve likely heard the conventional wisdom: The U.S. church is shrinking. Teenagers and young adults are leaving in droves. Atheism and unbelief are growing rapidly. But a new book challenges those assumptions – and even says the truth is exactly the opposite.

So the Next Generation Will Know: Preparing Young Christians for a Challenging World

Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Here’s something you may not realize… officially speaking, the emerging generation are not “the millennials.” Anyone born after 1997 is part of the generation that has been dubbed, for reasons I’m not completely sure about, “Generation Z.”

LifeWay Research Finds 1 in 10 Young Protestants Have Left the Church because of Sex Abuse

Wednesday, May 22, 2019

A new study from LifeWay Christian Resources says that younger Christians are choosing to leave the church if there are allegations of sexual misconduct.

The Silent Pulpit Is Not God’s Pulpit: Young Leaders Are the Key to 2020

Monday, April 22, 2019

As the result of massive ad campaigns on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and so on, we are witnessing a strong surge of young elected officials. Sadly, talking points and wrong information rather than character and truth is influencing the next generation.

Are Churches Willing to Love Their Young People More than Their Politics?

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

For the past 12 years, LifeWay Research, an evangelical firm that conducts research on the intersection of faith and culture, where I am executive director, has been studying how these changes affect the faith of young Protestant Christians.

Can Young People Help Safeguard the Future of the Church in Syria?

Thursday, May 17, 2018

As the war in Syria enters its eighth year, clergy who have watched their congregations dwindle fear that those who have left the country may not return.

America Has a Loneliness Problem, Especially among Young People

Thursday, May 3, 2018

The health insurer Cigna recently conducted a survey on loneliness in the United States. In the final report, about half of the 20,000 respondents said that they struggle with loneliness—specifically, “sometimes or always” feeling alone or left out.

March for Our Lives Rallies Draw More Than Two Million People

Monday, March 26, 2018

The largest student protest in American history took place on Saturday. More than two million students and their supporters packed the streets in Washington, DC, and more than eight hundred other events in the US and around the world.

14-Year-Old Former Trans Girl Reveals Dangers of Transgenderism for Young People

Friday, November 10, 2017

A 14-year-old girl who began a transition to become a boy is speaking out about the dangers of transgenderism, particularly for young people.