Vacation Bible Schools in 2015
By Anna Dembowski As the school year wraps up, the days are quickly approaching when kids will sleep until Noon only to wake up and sit around the house complaining of boredom. But those days don't have to stay for long. Churches will offer various Vacation Bible School programs this summer for kids to attend and help make this summer one for the books. Although the Barna Group found that Baptist churches host most programs, this year's 2015 curriculum includes a few options for Catholics. The Barna Group also found that the percentage of U.S. churches offering programs has decreased since 1997. In 2012, 68 percent of U.S. churches offered VBS programs, down from 1997's 81 percent. One reason might be because thirty percent of those surveyed said there's been a lack of volunteers. But this year's batch of programs might force some missing-in-action chaperones to reconsider. Anna Dembowski is a National Journalism Center intern at RealClearReligion.
