Crisis Demands Immediate Response

By Nate Dame

Youth ministry: a generation in crisis. If this doesn’t get you worked up and ready for action, I don’t know what will.

88% of children raised in Christian families leave church at the age of 18, never to return (SBC).

A majority of adults no longer consider Christianity America’s default faith (Barna).
64% of decisions for Christ are made before the age of 18, and 77% are made before the age
of 21 (Barna).
An estimated 4% of the “bridger” generation, or Gen Y, will be Bible-believing Christians when they reach adulthood. Their grandparents’ generation: 65%. Their parents’ generation: 35%. (Bridger Generation).

4%! 4%!!

We can’t sit back and watch this generation be stolen out of our own churches and homes. We must take action, and we must do it now, before they reach the pivotal age of 18 and make decisions about what they believe that will last for the rest of their life.

If you know anybody that needs to hear this, please pass it on. You can use the links below to share this post, re-post on your own blog, or just copy and paste this web address into an email.

This is bigger than any of us alone, and by God’s grace, we need to work together to rally around our young people–starting today.

(Special thanks to Ron Luce for sounding the alarm and bringing many of these shocking statistics to light.)

Nate Dame

Three years ago, Nate started Called to Youth Ministry with a desire to equip and support youth pastors. It started after he noticed a trend of people with a passion for students "go it alone" for too long and otherwise burn out, without a friend or mentor to stand by them. Now the ministry hosts online training and networking groups that leaders can join from anywhere in the world. Youth ministers from California to Florida to the UK have already benefited from the coaching, community and prayer support these groups provide.

Two year ago, Nate also started an SEO (Search Engine Optimization) company with a desire to feed his family. Now he enjoys balancing the two and being able to use the business to support his ministry habit.

Nate lives with his beautiful wife, Christa, and rambunctious two-year-old son, Josiah, in Lake Geneva, WI.

You can rollow him @NateDame, on Facebook or on Google.