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...Youth ministers seeking clues will find many in the results of a new survey of what teens want from church. Pollsters from Barna Group, which tracks teen religious activity, asked 2,400 teens to rank the reasons they attend worship services. Gaining a better understanding of what they believe and making a connection with God topped the list, followed closely by wanting to volunteer to help others and to spend time with friends. Also registering as "very important" factors, though to a lesser extent, were classes studying the Bible as well as issues surrounding religious faith...
...take their children to church, compared with 40% of parents in their 30s and half of parents who are 40 or older. "Even the impulse of parenthood-when people's desire to supply spiritual guidance for their children traditionally pulls them back to church-is weakening," concludes David Kinnaman, Barna's research director...
...Results of the Study: What Teenagers Look for in a Church The Barna researchers asked 2,409 teenagers aged 13 to 18 why they would attend a worship service at a church, synagogue or temple. Here's what they said...
Source: The Barna Group, Ltd. YouthPollSM 2005 * aggregate % of those who say very or somewhat important
Source: The Barna Group, Ltd. YouthPollSM...