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Generation Ex-Christian

Author : Drew Dyck
Publisher : Moody Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781575675640
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (756 download)

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Download or read book Generation Ex-Christian written by Drew Dyck and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young people aren’t walking away from the church—they’re sprinting. According to a recent study by Ranier Research, 70 percent of youth leave church by the time they are 22 years old. Barna Group estimates that 80 percent of those reared in the church will be “disengaged” by the time they are 29 years old. Unlike earlier generations of church dropouts, these “leavers” are unlikely to seek out alternative forms of Christian community such as home churches and small groups. When they leave church, many leave the faith as well. Drawing on recent research and in-depth interviews with young leavers, Generation Ex-Christian will shine a light on this crisis and propose effective responses that go beyond slick services or edgy outreach. But it won’t be easy. Christianity is regarded with suspicion by the younger generation. Those who leave the faith are often downright cynical. To make matters worse, parents generally react poorly when their children go astray. Many sink into a defensive crouch or go on the attack, delivering homespun fire-and-brimstone sermons that further distance their grown children. Others give up completely or take up the spiritual-sounding “all we can do is pray” mantra without truly exploring creative ways to engage their children on matters of faith. Some turn to their churches for help, only to find that they frequently lack adequate resources to guide them. This is where Generation Ex-Christian will lend a hand. It will equip and inspire parents, church leaders, and everyday Christians to reawaken the prodigal's desire for God and set him or her back on the road to a dynamic faith. The heart of the book will be the raw profiles of real-world, young ex-Christians. No two leavers are identical, but upon close observation some categories emerge. The book will identify seven different kinds of leavers (the postmodern skeptic, the drifter, the neopagan, etc.) and offer practical advice for how to connect with each type. Shrewd tips will also intersperse the chapters alerting readers to opportunities for engagement, and to hidden landmines they must sidestep to effectively reach leavers.

Spiritual Formation in Emerging Adulthood

Author : David P. Setran
Publisher : Baker Academic
ISBN 13 : 1441242880
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (412 download)

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Download or read book Spiritual Formation in Emerging Adulthood written by David P. Setran and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The shift from adolescence to adulthood, a recently identified stage of life called "emerging adulthood," covers an increasing span of years in today's culture (roughly ages 18-30) due to later marriages and extended education. During this prolonged stage of exploration and self-definition, many young adults drift away from the church. Here two authors--both veteran teachers who are experienced in young adult and campus ministry--address this new and urgent field of study, offering a Christian perspective on what it means to be spiritually formed into adulthood. They provide a "practical theology" for emerging adult ministry and offer insight into the key developmental issues of this stage of life, including identity, intimacy and sexuality, morality, church involvement, spiritual formation, vocation, and mentoring. The book bridges the gap between academic and popular literature on emerging adulthood and offers concrete ways to facilitate spiritual formation among emerging adults.

Renewing the Vision

Author :
Publisher : USCCB Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781574550047
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Renewing the Vision written by and published by USCCB Publishing. This book was released on 1997 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides all who minister to young people with an effective blueprint for building a truly meaningful ministry

Young Catholic America

Author : Christian Smith
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199341087
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)

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Download or read book Young Catholic America written by Christian Smith and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best Review at the Catholic Press Association Convention Studies of young American Catholics over the last three decades suggest a growing crisis in the Catholic Church: compared to their elders, young Catholics are looking to the Church less as they form their identities, and fewer of them can even explain what it means to be Catholic and why that matters. Young Catholic America, the latest book based on the groundbreaking National Study of Youth and Religion, explores a crucial stage in the life of Catholics. Drawing on in-depth surveys and interviews of Catholics and ex-Catholics ages 18 to 23--a demographic commonly known as early "emerging adulthood"--leading sociologist Christian Smith and his colleagues offer a wealth of insight into the wide variety of religious practices and beliefs among young Catholics today, the early influences and life-altering events that lead them to embrace the Church or abandon it, and how being Catholic affects them as they become full-fledged adults. Beyond its rich collection of statistical data, the book includes vivid case studies of individuals spanning a full decade, as well as insight into the twentieth-century events that helped to shape the Church and its members in America. An innovative contribution to what we know about religion in the United States and the evolving Catholic Church, Young Catholic America is the definitive source for anyone seeking to understand what it means to be young and Catholic in America today.

Young Adult Catholics

Author : Dean R. Hoge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Young Adult Catholics written by Dean R. Hoge and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Leaders of the American Catholic community want to and need to reach out to young adults. But effective ministry to young adults depends on an understanding of the attitudes and the needs of the current generation of Catholics in their 20s and 30s. This is why Dean Hoge, William Dinges, Mary Johnson, and Juan Gonzales began their study of young adult Catholics. How do they actually live their Catholicism? Are they alienated from the church? Are they cynical about the church's moral teachings? Do they take the pope's statements seriously? Do they attend Mass? Have significant numbers left for other churches? Do they want Catholic education for their children?" "Seeking answers to these and other questions, the authors conducted a national survey in 1997, supplemented by a telephone survey and then by personal interviews with over 800 men and women across the country. The interviews put a human face on the information provided, and they form a compelling part of this timely narrative. Of special interest is the focus on Latino Catholics. The authors underscore observations that include the strength and tenacity of Catholic identity in spite of many challenges, the high level of personal decision making among those interviewed and surveyed, and the readiness of young Catholics for institutional reforms."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Catholic and Christian for Young Adults

Author : Alan Schreck
Publisher : Servant Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780867166026
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (66 download)

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Download or read book Catholic and Christian for Young Adults written by Alan Schreck and published by Servant Publications. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young adults will find clear answers to their questions about the faith in this guide to Catholic belief. Starting with the most essential question-"Is there a God?"-Alan Schreck offers user-friendly answers designed to lead the reader to a deeper understanding of Catholic essentials. Along the way, he considers such topics as: How can a loving God allow evil to exist? What is salvation? Can we lose it? Where do Catholic beliefs come from? Do we need the Church? Is the Eucharist really Jesus-body, blood, soul and divinity? Why do Catholics have to attend Mass every Sunday? Can the saints in heaven help those of us on earth? Do Catholics worship Mary? What will heaven be like? What is purgatory? What will happen at the end of human history? Catholic and Christian for Young Adults is a lively treatment of Catholic essentials in an engaging question-and-answer format.

Passing on the Faith

Author : James L. Heft
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
ISBN 13 : 0823226492
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (232 download)

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Download or read book Passing on the Faith written by James L. Heft and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2009-08-25 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the beginning, the Abrahamic faiths—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—have stressed the importance of transmitting religious identity from one generation to the next. Today, that sustaining mission has never been more challenged. Will young people have a faith to guide them? How can faith traditions anchor religious attachments in this secular, skeptical culture? The fruit of a historic gathering of scholars and religious leaders across three faiths and many disciplines, this important book reports on the religious lives of young people in today’s world. It’s also a unique inventory of creative and thoughtful responses from churches, synagogues, and mosques working to keep religion a significant force in those lives. The essays are grouped thematically. Opening the book, Melchor Sanchez de Toca and Nancy Ammerman explore fundamental issues that have an impact on religion—from the cultural effects of global consumerism and personal technology to pluralism and individualism. In Part Two, leading investigators present three leading studies of religiosity among young people and college students in the United States, illuminating the gap between personal values and organized religion—and the emergence of new, different forms of spirituality and faith. How religious institutions deal with these challenges forms the heart of the book—in portraits of “best practices” developed to revitalize traditional institutions, from a synagogue in New York City and a Muslim youth camp in California to the famed French Catholic community of the late Brother John of Taizé. Finally, Jack Miles and Diane Winston weave the findings into a broader perspective of the future of religious belief, practice, and feeling in a changing world. Filled with real-world wisdom, Passing the Faith will be an essential resource for anyone seeking to understand what religions must, and can, do to inspire a vigorous faith in the next generation.

Christian Finance for Teens

Author : Cindy Kersey
Publisher : Morgan James Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614487553
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (144 download)

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Download or read book Christian Finance for Teens written by Cindy Kersey and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many parents aren’t sure where to begin when it comes to teaching their teens and young adults about finances. Christian Finance for Teens will help, giving important information in a way teens can understand about job searching, budgeting, debt, banking, investing, insurance, taxes, and other areas of finance. Author Cindy Kersey has taught a high school finance class (Christian Finance) for tenth- and twelfth-grade students for several years, “road-testing” her material on real-world teens to amazing results. Inspired to help other young people, she turned her course curriculum into book format so teens and young adults everywhere can easily understand concepts of personal finance. This material will be useful as they begin their lives as adults.

Return

Author : Brandon Vogt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780996783705
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (837 download)

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Download or read book Return written by Brandon Vogt and published by . This book was released on 2015-11-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to help you determine why your child left the Church and how to bring them back.

Creative in the Image of God

Author : Katherine M. Douglass
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532684533
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (326 download)

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Download or read book Creative in the Image of God written by Katherine M. Douglass and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-03-02 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The declining religious participation among young adults, or “Rise of the Nones,” has signaled alarms across American Christianity. A closer look into the faith lives of thirty young adults who are, or were at one time, connected with a church, however, shows an articulate and aesthetically embodied faith life that seeks out connection with others, expression of their identity, and an openness to encountering God. Young adults see themselves, and all people in this pluralistic world, as bearing the image of God. They see creativity, in their own lives and in the lives of others, as evidence of this identity. This book is not an appeal to put more art into congregations, but rather an invitation to attend to aesthetic, embodied ways of knowing that exist among all people.

Growing Young

Author : Kara Powell
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1493405829
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (934 download)

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Download or read book Growing Young written by Kara Powell and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2016-09-20 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unleashing the Passion of Young People in Your Church Is Possible! Churches are losing both members and vitality as increasing numbers of young people disengage. Based on groundbreaking research with over 250 of the nation's leading congregations, Growing Young provides a strategy any church can use to involve and retain teenagers and young adults. It profiles innovative churches that are engaging 15- to 29-year-olds and as a result are growing--spiritually, emotionally, missionally, and numerically. Packed with both research and practical ideas, Growing Young shows pastors and ministry leaders how to position their churches to engage younger generations in a way that breathes vitality, life, and energy into the whole church. Visit www.churchesgrowingyoung.org for more information.

Losing Your Religion, Finding Your Faith

Author : Brett Hoover
Publisher : Paulist Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809137824
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (378 download)

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Download or read book Losing Your Religion, Finding Your Faith written by Brett Hoover and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this lively, challenging book, Brett Hoover says that the typical young-adult loss of faith is a necessary part of maturing spirituality: faith can grow only when religion is doubted, lost, and found again in a new light. Using the metaphor of a road trip, Hoover describes the lifelong process of discovering both God and self. "Losing your religion" is just one necessary obstacle on the road to a holistic spirituality.

Call on Me

Author : Jenifer Gamber
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0819228508
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (192 download)

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Download or read book Call on Me written by Jenifer Gamber and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First exclusively Episcopal prayer book for youth This prayer book designed for teens draws from the Book of Common Prayer, relevant prayers written by well known Episcopalians, and ancient prayers rooted in the Bible. New and original prayers are also offered, written by contemporary church leaders in the Episcopal Church, as well as by teens themselves, young adults and youth leaders. The book is structured in four parts: Daily Prayer. Including morning prayer, table blessings, and night time. Prayers for the Seasons of the Church Year. Blessing of a Christmas tree, prayer for Christ in my life for Easter, prayer for courage to share my faith, and more. Prayers for Daily Life. Before a special school event, before a sports event, before a test, being left out, bullying, dating, divorce, doubts, forgiveness, friendship, gratitude, grief, guidance, hope, motivation, peer pressure, pets, purpose, and more. Prayers for Important Events. Significant birthday, earning a driver’s license, Confirmation, beginning the school year, starting high school, applying for college, graduating high school, going to college, joining the workforce.

You Lost Me

Author : David Kinnaman
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1441213082
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (412 download)

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Download or read book You Lost Me written by David Kinnaman and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Close to 60 percent of young people who went to church as teens drop out after high school. Now the bestselling author of unChristian trains his researcher's eye on these young believers. Where Kinnaman's first book unChristian showed the world what outsiders aged 16-29 think of Christianity, You Lost Me shows why younger Christians aged 16-29 are leaving the church and rethinking their faith. Based on new research, You Lost Me shows pastors, church leaders, and parents how we have failed to equip young people to live "in but not of" the world and how this has serious long-term consequences. More importantly, Kinnaman offers ideas on how to help young people develop and maintain a vibrant faith that they embrace over a lifetime.

DoubtLess

Author : Shelby Abbott
Publisher : New Growth Press
ISBN 13 : 1645070921
Total Pages : 7 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book DoubtLess written by Shelby Abbott and published by New Growth Press. This book was released on 2020-08-17 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is God good? Can I trust him with my life? Is the Bible true? These are just some of the questions that can plague young adults as they stand at the crossroads of life. Shelby Abbott comes alongside young adults to help them honestly face their misgivings and turn to God for the gift of faith, encouraging them to see the difference between ...

Pure Faith

Author : Jason Evert
Publisher : Totus Tuus Press
ISBN 13 : 194457882X
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (445 download)

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Download or read book Pure Faith written by Jason Evert and published by Totus Tuus Press. This book was released on 2017-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authentic prayer begins when we realize that we do not know how to pray. But what do we do after this realization? Pure Faith is a hardcover devotional written to help people deepen their interior life so that they can encounter God on a daily basis. It contains prayers for every occasion, prayers before and after Mass and Confession, prayers to various saints, and a wealth of advice on how to develop a rich prayer life.

Hear Me

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781955890137
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Hear Me written by and published by . This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The very popular prayerbook for Orthodox youth, Hear Me, has now been revised to include more prayers, answer more questions, and tackle additional difficult subject matter that our young people are constantly faced with. At 4" x 6" the prayerbook is designed to fit their lifestyles better, in a trim and smaller new volume that is both handsome to carry and easy to slip into a pocket, purse, or backpack. The mission of Hear Me remains the same: to inspire young people to pray, to challenge Orthodox youth in their walk with Christ, to offer encouragement, help answer questions, give direction, and ultimately be an added guide in finding one's own path toward theosis.