• The top reason students go to youth group is because of their youth pastor.
  • 68 percent said it is "very true" or "completely true" they go to youth group because they like their youth pastor
• The second most popular reason was "I learn about God there," which was followed by 58 percent who said "It's fun."
• Other reasons listed as "very true" or "completely true" by at least 50 percent of the students included "I feel comfortable there," "I've always gone to church/youth group," "It's a place where I can learn to serve," and "It feels like a real community."

Many, but not all, Protestant teenagers are quite active in church and in other religious activities: 

• Sixty-five percent of Protestant teens report attending church at least once a month.
• Slightly less than 50 percent of Protestant teens report current activity in a religious
  youth group, having ever been to a religious summer camp and having gone on a religious retreat.
• Teens with parents who are affiliated with conservative denominations are especially likely to participate in these activities, while teens whose parents are affiliated with black Protestant denominations are less likely than most other Protestant teens to participate.
• Teens who report regularly attending religious services (at least two to three times a month) are more likely to participate in these religious activities than are teens who do not regularly attend religious services.

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