Trends in Church and Culture

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Trends inChurch and Culture

• Ed Stetzer, Ph.D.
• President of LifeWay Research

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Dropouts

• According to the LifeWay Research study, 70
  percent of young adults (who attended regularly
  for at least one year in high school) ages 23-30
  stopped attending church regularly for at least a
  year between ages 18-22.

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Discipleship
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Concerns about Discipleship

• The Reveal Study
• The Pew forum study
• The Shape of Faith to Come

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Young Adults
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Young Adults and Their Views

• UnChristian (Kinnaman and Lyons)
• They Like Jesus but not the Church (Kimball)
• Lost and Found (Stetzer, Stanley, Hayes)

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Church and Culture

• www.lifewayresearch.com
• www.edstetzer.com