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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...
...past 20 to 40 years, at the present rate we're looking at only a small percentage of people who are teens now becoming Bible-believing evangelicals as adults," laments Ron Luce, president of TeenMania, the parachurch organization that has attracted more than 200,000 teens to its stadium-worship events and missions activities already this year. To lower the odds of that outcome, TeenMania will work with 100,000 churches starting next year, planning ministry events aimed at attracting more young people to the pews. The goal is mighty ambitious: to double the size of each of the youth...
...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...
...worship or make a connection with...
...WEEKLY ACTIVITIES 1995-98 2002-06 Pray to God 81% 72% Attend worship service at church 53% 48% Sunday school 37% 35% Attend a youth group 36% 33% Bible reading...