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You Lost Me DVD Preview Pack
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You Lost Me Discussion Guide
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You Lost Me DVD
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You Lost Me
Reconnect Christianity with Teens and Young Adults. Millions of young Christians are disconnecting from church as they transition to adulthood. They are real people, not just statistics.
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You Lost Me Trailer
Based on new research, You Lost Me shows pastors, church leaders, and parents how we have failed to equip young people to live "in but not of" the world and how this has serious long-term consequences.
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Strong Relationships Within Church Add to Resilient Faith in Young Adults
In Faith for Exiles, co-authors David Kinnaman and Mark Matlock discuss five practices that contribute to resilient discipleship and flourishing faith in young adults. Today, we’ll take a deeper look at a main aspect of resilience—relationships. How can the Church offer strong, lasting connections to young people, even in the challenging social context prompted by the COVID-19 crisis?
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What Do Young Adults Really Mean When They Say They Are Christians?
Most Americans say they are Christians, but few follow that up with deep, heart-level, life-directing commitments. This is true of all generations, and it remains true of young adults in the U.S., two-thirds of whom identify as Christian.
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Only 10% of Christian Twentysomethings Have Resilient Faith
In Faith for Exiles: 5 Ways for a New Generation to Follow Jesus in Digital Babylon, Kinnaman and his coauthor, Mark Matlock, get to know the one in 10 young Christians whom they call “resilient disciples.” But they also take a long look at three other paths taken by young adults with a Christian background. Taken together, there are four kinds of twentysomething “exiles” making their way in our current day and age, which Kinnaman calls "digital Babylon."
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Meet Those Who “Love Jesus but Not the Church”
We live in a rapidly secularizing American culture. But even though fewer are going to church, many still believe in God and practice faith outside its walls. In this first of a two-part exploration of faith and spirituality outside the church, we look at those who “love Jesus but not the church.”
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The Aging of America’s Pastors
Pastors are getting older, and this has important implications for the future of the church. In partnership with Pepperdine University, Barna conducted a major study examining the shifting demographic of faith leaders, and the cultural forces responsible for the dramatic changes.
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American Views on Terrorism: 15 Years After 9/11
Ever since the tragic events of September 11, 2001, the threat of terrorism has become a major preoccupation not only in government policy debates, but in the hearts and minds of the American public. In light of the 15th anniversary of 9/11, Barna conducted a survey to gauge the evolving views of American adults on the complex issues of terrorism.
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Voters Want a Different America
Though deep political divisions run through the American public, there is a shared dissatisfaction with the status quo. A new study from Barna uncovers how American voters feel about the direction of their nation, the candidates for president, and the reach of the federal government.
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5 Things You Need to Know About Adoption
To commemorate National Adoption Awareness Month, Barna Group presents five things you should know about adoption—what Jedd Medefind, author of Barna FRAME Becoming Home, calls one of the most important ways Christians can demonstrate their love for God to a skeptical culture.
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America’s Change of Mind on Same-Sex Marriage and LGBTQ Rights
The newest Barna poll conducted after the Supreme Court’s decision, demonstrates the population segments who are trending toward support of LGBTQ rights. The Supreme Court’s rulings last week are merely a legal expression of a profound social shift that has already taken place, and is backed by growing, but still hesitant moral acceptance of same-sex sexual relationships.
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The Spiritual Journeys of Young Catholics
The Catholic church has been making news. Between the rejection of President Obama's revised rules for contraceptive health and the appointment of a new Pope, change is in the air.
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Five Myths about Young Adult Church Dropouts
The Barna Group team spent much of the last five years exploring the lives of young people who drop out of church. The research uncovered five myths and realities about today's young dropouts.
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Six Reasons Young Christians Leave Church
A five-year project headed by Barna Group president David Kinnaman explores the opportunities and challenges of faith development among teens and young adults within a rapidly shifting culture.
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Has the Economy Influenced Americans’ Priorities?
A new study by the Barna Group updates a multi-year tracking study and explores what Americans identify as their highest priority. Family and faith continue to be the most common priorities of Americans, though these have waned in importance since 2006.
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Super Bowl Ad Research: New Barna Study Examines Tebow/Focus Commercial
A new nationwide Barna Group study explored one such high-profile television spot: the Super Bowl ad sponsored by Focus on the Family, featuring college quarterback Tim Tebow and his mother Pam discussing his survival from a difficult pregnancy.
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Christianity Is No Longer Americans’ Default Faith
The study discovered that half of all adults now contend that Christianity is just one of many options that Americans choose from and that a huge majority of adults pick and choose what they believe rather than adopt a church or denomination’s slate of beliefs.
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Churches Stand to Lose Several Billion Dollars in Lost Donations Due to Economic Downturn
A new survey from The Barna Group shows that more than 150 million adults said they have been affected by the economic turbulence, and most of them expect it to take several years before the nation fully recovers. Americans are now passing on their financial pain to churches and other non-profit organizations by cutting back substantially on their giving during the fourth quarter of 2008.
