Hemorrhaging faith : why & when Canadian young adults are leaving, staying & returning to the church / James Penner, Rachael Harder, Erika Anderson, Bruno Desorcy and Rick Hiemstra

By:

Evangelical Fellowship of Canada

Contributor(s):

Desorcy, Bruno

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Toronto : EFC, c2011Description: 138 pages : illustrations, diag., 27 cmSubject(s):

LOC classification:

BV 4447 .H46 2011

Contents:

Foreword by John H. Wilkinson pt. 1. Understanding the world of Canadian young adults pt. 2. Why and when Canadian young adults are leaving the church pt. 3. In their own voices: what our respondents say about church and faith Faith drivers and barriers Parents Experience of God Community Teaching and beliefs pt. 4. Spotlight on key trends Family matters How young adults practice spiritual disciplines Opportunities to participate and lead Baptism and confirmation pt. 5. Reflections Insights of the think tank Appendices A. Methodology B. Semi-structured interview instrument C. Electronic survey instrument

Summary: A new Canadian report hears from youth and suggests ways to reverse the trend. Only one in three Canadian young adults who attended church weekly as a child still do so today. Of the young adults who no longer attend church, half have also stopped identifying themselves with the Christian tradition in which they were raised. There are four primary toxins that keep young people from engaging with the church: hypocrisy, judgement, exclusivity, failure. These are just some of the findings in this report, a ground-breaking Canadian study of 2,049 young people between the ages of 18 and 34. The study was commissioned by the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) Youth and Young Adult Ministry Roundtable

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Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
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Foreword by John H. Wilkinson
pt. 1. Understanding the world of Canadian young adults
pt. 2. Why and when Canadian young adults are leaving the church
pt. 3. In their own voices: what our respondents say about church and faith
Faith drivers and barriers
Parents
Experience of God
Community
Teaching and beliefs
pt. 4. Spotlight on key trends
Family matters
How young adults practice spiritual disciplines
Opportunities to participate and lead
Baptism and confirmation
pt. 5. Reflections
Insights of the think tank
Appendices
A. Methodology
B. Semi-structured interview instrument
C. Electronic survey instrument

A new Canadian report hears from youth and suggests ways to reverse the trend. Only one in three Canadian young adults who attended church weekly as a child still do so today. Of the young adults who no longer attend church, half have also stopped identifying themselves with the Christian tradition in which they were raised. There are four primary toxins that keep young people from engaging with the church: hypocrisy, judgement, exclusivity, failure. These are just some of the findings in this report, a ground-breaking Canadian study of 2,049 young people between the ages of 18 and 34. The study was commissioned by the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) Youth and Young Adult Ministry Roundtable