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CHURCH DROP-OUTS 70% of people who discontinue going to church in America do so between ages 18 and 22. Of those who attend college, 69% of active churchgoing youth stop attending church for at least a year between ages 18 and 22. Yet 71% of active churchgoing youth ...read more
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Teens average only 13 hours a week online, vs. the 19 hours spent by adults, finds an Ipsos Reid study. While the time adults spend online has climbed by six hours a week in recent ...read more
TRADITIONAL YOUNG ADULTS 94% of 20-somethings respect parenthood, and 84% have great esteem for marriage, finds a survey by the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency. ...read more
ESSENTIAL CHURCH FOR YOUTH LifeWay Resources’ Thom Rainer, after his research among people who stayed in church during ages 18-22 concluded that church should have higher expectations of its younger members. He argues an essential church will expect the younger generation to have a relationship ...read more
62% of parents do not feel they understand what it means to be a teen ...read more
Every 30 minutes in America, 29 kids will attempt suicide, 2,795 teen girls will become pregnant, and 22 ...read more
Teens who keep blogs are more likely to engage in personal writing. They are also more likely to believe writing will prove crucial to ...read more
DEPRESSED TEENS More than two million U.S. teens have suffered a serious bout of depression in the past year, including nearly 13% of girls, finds a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration report. On average, 8.5% of youth 12-17 admit to having a major depressive episode in the ...read more
Each year, approximately 20,000 18-year olds in the foster care system are released into American ...read more
ONE BIBLE MOM came to Jesus: Then Jesus went out from there and departed to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a woman of Canaan came from that region and cried out to Him, saying, ‘Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed.’ But He answered her not a ...read more
300,000 adolescents have been involved in armed conflict in more than 30 ...read more
Kids Are Buying Books in quantities we've never seen before reports Booklist magazine. Credit a bulging teen population (30 million plus), a surge of global talent and perhaps a bit of Harry Potter afterglow. Teen book sales rose 25% between '99 and '05. Fantasy and graphic novels are especially ...read more
Teen males in America see more movies than any other age ...read more
There were 17.3 million U.S. college undergraduates in 2004 vs. just 8.6 million in ...read more
50% of U.S. high school seniors think Sodom and Gomorrah were ...read more
A recent Barna study finds that 72% of teens in '07 pray in a typical week, vs. 81% a decade ago. 48% attend a church worship service, vs. 53% in '97. Just 35% attend Sunday school, 33% youth group, 32% ...read more
A Barna study finds 65% of U.S. teens recall learning about moral and ethical standards in the last 12 months; 62% relationships, 55% faith traditions and 50% personal evangelism. Fewer recall church teachings on media, movies and TV within the last year (35%); money and finances (30%); the ...read more
American teens spend on average, more than 72 hours a week with electronic ...read more
69% of teens believe heaven exists and 53% believe they will go there because they believe Jesus died ...read more
39% of teens pray regularly and 23% participate in a church youth group social ...read more