[__ Science __ ] 1 in 5 Adults Leaving Their Childhood Faith Worldwide

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Around the world, 1 in 5—or about 20%—of adults have left the faith they were raised in, according to a Pew Research Center study of adults from 36 countries.

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Around the world, 1 in 5—or about 20%—of adults have left the faith they were raised in, according to a Pew Research Center study of adults from 36 countries.

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But what’s happening in the West and even in South America? Well, obviously it’s complex, but I believe the growth of religious disaffiliation really comes down to two reasons.

1. Failure of parents to pass on a spiritual legacy: A spiritual legacy doesn’t happen by accident! It takes intentionality, time, and effort. It takes opening God’s Word with your children, discipling them, and equipping them with a biblical worldview and with answers to the issues of our day. But so many parents leave the spiritual upbringing of their children up to the church—only a few hours a week!
2. But as I tell parents, you can’t take your house, career, sports accomplishments, or anything else to heaven with you—but your children have an eternal soul that is going to live forever.
3. Failure of the church to stand on the authority of God’s Word and equip the coming generations: Many parents have entrusted the spiritual upbringing of their children to the church, but so many churches have become increasingly shallow, focused on entertainment rather than prioritizing true discipleship, biblical worldview teaching, and apologetics. And the result is generations of churchgoers who don’t know what they believe or why they believe it—and they’re either ineffective believers or easy prey for the secular world as they slowly drift into disaffiliation.

So what can we do? Well, we can do what God’s Word commands. We (especially dads, the spiritual leaders of the home!) can prayerfully prioritize the spiritual upbringing of our children, teaching them God’s Word in every situation and at every opportunity (Deuteronomy 6:7),
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Yes, I agree. The question IMO is this however: How relevant are we making God's word to them? Does it really affect their world view in a profound way? Is it taught with enough conviction and convincingly enough that they will take it to heart? If not, they will follow the ways of the world, and prefer sin over walking in the ways we have taught them.