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Barna Group: 1 in 10 Churched Teenagers Has A Biblical Worldview
(Ventura, CA) - A survey from the Barna Research Group explores what teens say they received from their church when they were younger.
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An additional 6% said they attended an average of once a month.
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One out of every seven young people (15%) said they learned important lifestyle principles, generally in relation to obedience to God’s laws or moral direction for their life.
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87 percent said they felt they had developed meaningful friendships at church.
The single outcome that was much less commonly cited was “understanding enough of the Bible so that every decision you make is based on biblical principles.” Only half of the churched young people – 53% – said this was a result of their church experience.
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Date: 7/8/2003
Survey Shows Faith Impacts Some Behaviors But Not Others
(Ventura, CA) - People's faith affects some aspects of their behavior but not all of it, according to a new survey released by the Barna Research Group (Ventura, California).
- Churched adults were more likely than unchurched individuals
- to choose not to watch a particular movie or video only because the rating indicated that it contained objectionable material (22% compared to 7%, respectively);
- to have a discussion with someone about a moral issue (51% versus 41%);
- Unchurched adults were more likely to have viewed "adult-only" content on the Internet (19% versus 8% among the churched).
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Date: 10/22/2002
Adults Who Attended Church As Children Show Lifelong Effects
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Ventura, (CA): A new nationwide survey provides some statistical support for that notion, showing that adults who regularly attended church as children are much more likely than their unchurched peers to be involved in church-based and personal spiritual activities.
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Roughly seven out of ten Americans adults (71%) had a period of time during their childhood when they regularly attended a Christian church.
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Apparently, old habits die hard: a majority of those who attended church as a youngster still attend regularly today (61%),
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A large majority of those who were not church-goers as children are still absent from churches today (78%).
Young Adults Avoiding Church
Church attendance is declining by generation, regardless of childhood church experience.
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The decline is steeper among adults who did not go to church as a child.
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Among adults 55 and older who attended church regularly as a child, two-thirds still attend regularly (68%).
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That proportion drops to just half of adults under 35 who were churched when young (53%).
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However, among adults who now attend a Christian church even though they did not do so as a youngster, more than one-third of the 35-and-over segment presently attends a Christian church, compared to only 16% among those under 35 years of age.
Protestant or Catholic congregations that claims less than 100 adults, one-third of the unchurched-as-a-child group does so. People under 35 and women were among those most inclined to attend such congregations.
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Date: 11/5/2001
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