What Do They REALLY Think of Christianity?I found some startling facts regarding our youth. I know parenting can be hard sometimes but we need to do so much better than this.
49% of "outsiders" (those outside the Christian faith) age 16-29 have a bad impression of evangelical Christians.
Percentage of "outsiders" age 16-29 who say that the following phrases describe present-day Christianity "a lot" or "some."
Judgmental--87%
Hypocritical--85%
Old-fashioned--78%
Too involved in politics--75%
Out of touch with reality--72%
Insensitive to others--70%
Boring--68%
84% of outsiders know a Christian personally but only 15% see any lifestyle differences in those Christians.
Only 18% of born-again Christian youth consider serving people to be an important priority for their faith, and only 1% see discipling children or shaping their family faith as important.
Percentage of born-again Christian youth who believe that the following are morally acceptable:
Cohabitation--59%
Gambling--58%
Fornication--44%
Drunkenness--35%
Lust--33%
Having an abortion--32%
Homosexual acts--28%
Using drugs illegally--16%
Seventy percent of 23- to 30-year-olds drop out of church. Of the dropouts, only about 35 percent return and attend church regularly, defined as at least twice a month.
Sources: David Kinnaman and Gabe Lyons, UnChristian (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2007); TruthBook Religious News Blog
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