Parents Key Role In Helping Students Keep The Faith...

The recent survey from Lifeway Research showing that 70 percent of young adults ages 23 to 30 stopped attending church regularly for at least a year between 18 and 22 also revealed an interesting fact you might have missed...

--From article "Parents Can Help Teens Stay In Church"

Teens who, at age 17, have parents who are authentic examples of Christian faith -- proactive and consistent in living out their faith -– also are more likely to keep attending as young adults. Across the board, 20 percent more of those who stayed in church indicated they had parents or family members who discussed spiritual things, gave them spiritual guidance and prayed together.

"Despite the conflicts that often occur during these years, it is difficult to understate the impact of a solid family involved in the faith community on the future involvement of teens," Stetzer said. "And that isn’t something that can be faked."

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This confirms one of the points made in "How To Build A Lasting Student Ministry" (made by Brenda Seefeldt and others) that a lasting student ministry has to have an element that focuses on your students' families.

One way to minister to your students is by ministering to their parents and helping them to know Jesus or grow spiritually!

Questions To Inspire Action:

• How will you implement this for the upcoming fall?
• How can you improve what you're doing in this area?
• Who can you bring onto your team to help with this?

Read more about what parents can do in this article:
"Parents Can Help Teens Stay In Church"