FAMILY MINISTRY

Siewert Gang

FAMILY MINISTRYSession 1

• In one study, 90% of youth active in high school church programs drop out of church by their second year of college.

• The Southern Baptist Convention reports they are currently losing 70-88% of the young people after their freshman year in college...and may never come back.

• If current trends in the belief systems and practices of the younger generation continue, in ten years, church attendance will be half the size it is today.

• 61% of today’s young adults – who had been churched at one point during their teen years are now spiritually disengaged

BAD NEWS

BAD NEWS

Canadians adhering to Christianity:1991 – 83%2001 – 77%

(Statistics Canada)

"Canada is a nation of believers but not belongers." (Andrew Grenville)

64 percent of Canadians believe the Bible is the Word of God

62 percent believe in forgiveness through Christ 45 percent pray daily41 percent say they have committed their lives to Christ.

(Ipsos)

BAD NEWS

BAD NEWS

BAD NEWS