Within Reach

Description

As your students graduate high school, are they graduating from church too? A few small changes can make a big difference. Research shows that the majority of teenagers who are active in church during high school stop attending during their college years. In a new study, LifeWay Student Ministry and LifeWay Research have partnered to identify the factors that are contributing to this disturbing trend as well as those that contribute to teens staying in church. In his first book, Student Ministry That Matters, Ben Trueblood laid out a clear approach to creating a healthy student ministry in any context. In this book, Ben points student ministry leaders to the hope found within this startling statistic. The solution is not a full-scale revamping of student ministry. Rather, the hope for helping students build lifelong faith and keeping them connected to the church after they graduate is just a few small changes away. Hope is Within Reach. Benefits• Prepare students to stay connected to a local church once they graduate high school • Identify where we are, what we’re finding in the data, and action steps we can take in the church and in families to keep students engaged • Understand factors that influenced students who stayed in church and those who didn’t • Consider what’s going on in the home and how this contributes to students staying in or leaving a local church • Identify tools and establish a clear and simple course of correction: Here’s where we’re missing it, where we can evaluate, and where we can move on.