Public opinion suggests traditional Christian views on a growing list of contentious issues and beliefs are irrelevant and extreme, according to a social researcher who recently addressed an audience composed primarily of young Christians and church leaders.
“Literally millions of millennials are experiencing frustration, a sense of disconnection, with faith and religion,” reported Barna Group President David Kinnaman, speaking on American societal views about religious faith. Kinnaman revealed that about 59 percent of the people who grow up in Christianity end up walking away from their faith or from the church at some point in their lives. “This is just one indicator of the irrelevance of faith in our culture today.”
Read Full Article »