The Exodus: Why Young People Leave Church

Ex·o·dus Spelled [ek-suh-duhs]–noun
1.a going out; a departure or emigration, usually of a large number of people:

An age-old issue the grows each year is the annual “running of the young”.  Similar to the running of the bulls event held in Pamplona, Spain each year, young people scurry away from churches like bulls are chasing them…out of the arms of the church into the claws of the world.

But why?  It is a question that needs to be seriously discussed; seriously researched; and more importantly ACTIVELY approached with solutions.

A recent study by The Barna Group (www.barna.org) has shown that 70-75% of teens become “disengaged” in Christianity once they leave their parent’s home.  This is an astronomical number.  The study further shows that 85% of that 75% come back…..eventually.  But by then what price has been paid?

Join us as we dive into the discussion and begin to look deeper into the issue.