Dear Church Goers of America,
Here are four things that will help churches grow and get younger people from leaving the church in droves as they are now:
#1: Remove radical right-wing Republican politics from the church. Stop supporting people like Donald Trump and his ilk.
#2: Remove sexual assault by pastors and others from the church.
#3: Remove religion as a get-rich-quick scheme.
#4: Remove the following from the church:
- Racism – The belief that one race is superior to another and that this belief leads to discrimination and prejudice.
- Homophobia – The fear, dislike, or prejudice against gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people.
Those are the four biggest reasons the youth are leaving the church. Those are the things that, for some reason, the boomers are hanging on to.
Do you think they’ll follow those four steps? Do you think pastors and church-goers will? I say hell no, not soon enough. But I have hope for the younger generations.
Leaving The Church Statistics
- 66% of American young adults who attended a Protestant church regularly for at least a year as a teenager say they also dropped out for at least a year between the ages of 18 and 22.
- 64% of U.S. 18–29-year-olds who grew up in church tell Barna they have withdrawn from church involvement as an adult after being active as a child or teen.
- 31% of young adults say they left between the ages of 18 and 29, and slightly more than one in 10 (12%) report leaving at age 30 or older.
- 40% of those with a high school diploma never attend church, compared to 35% of those with some college experience.
- 21% of Americans ages 18 to 29 report attending church at least weekly.
- 27% of Americans ages 18 to 29 say they pray daily.
- 31% of young adults say they believe in God as described by the Bible.
- 75% of Americans reported that they attended a religious service at least once a year in March 2020.
- 33% of Americans said they “never” attended church in the spring of 2022.
- About a quarter of the young adults who dropped out of church said they disagreed with their church’s stance on political and social issues.
Sources:
- https://www.deseret.com/2022/3/21/22989309/perspective-our-new-poll-shows-were-watching-post-christian-america-unfold-in-real-time-faith-church#:~:text=Of%20Americans%20ages%2018%20to,of%20worship%20in%20future%20decades.
- https://www.chron.com/culture/article/church-attendance-religion-17714199.php
- https://research.lifeway.com/2019/01/15/most-teenagers-drop-out-of-church-as-young-adults/#:~:text=Two%2Dthirds%20(66%20percent),from%20Nashville%2Dbased%20Lifeway%20Research.
Don’t Become Part Of This
When you see something like this (video below) and many other videos and articles like this, you must stop attending a church like this immediately. And stop giving your money (tithing) to them. As the preacher says in the video, “GET OUT!” This is one of many reasons why the youth are leaving the church.
This person created a like-minded network of pastors around the world. His hate is spreading. He supports the un-aliving members of the LGBTQ+ community. He preaches antisemitic sermons. His church is considered a hate group.
Do not be complicit like the people in this video.