Hundreds of evangelicals attending Disturbing Voices conference repent, refocus on outreach to outcasts.

• 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."

• 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 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. 
• The majority of Protestant teens appear to hold to the most basic Christian beliefs:
  • Ninety percent say they believe in God.
  • Forty-four percent say they feel very or extremely close to God, meaning that more than half of Protestant teens do not feel this close to God.