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[serialposts] Is leaving the church the same thing as leaving God? Just days ago, I received this text message from a teenager struggling with finding Christian community. God is important to her. She's a young woman with faith much stronger than many adults. And yet...
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[serialposts]“God, why is the sky blue?” I was eighteen when I finally asked Him; not relying on the answers that I was taught all my life in school. His reply ended up being more deeply touching and radical than anything I’d ever heard, and, from that moment on, I...
![[reasons they leave #2] shallow experience of christianity](https://bibledude.life/wp-content/uploads/pretended-indifference.jpg)
[serialposts] Reason #2 – Teens’ and twentysomethings’ experience of Christianity is shallow. A second reason that young people depart church as young adults is that something is lacking in their experience of church. One-third said “church is boring” (31%)....
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[serialposts]the back story, my story, and his story (about why young Christians are leaving the church) In Barna’s research on why young Christians are leaving the church, they identify some numbers worth repeating here: 1) the project spanned five years; 2) the...
Three out of five. That's what the research shows. According to Barna Group,...
[serialposts]Kathryn Bolkovac. It's a name I never heard until I watched The...
What good can come out of this one? ABC announced yesterday that disgraced...
“I want to be part of a church that wants to be part of something.” These...
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