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Stop the Exodus
volume 111, Program 19
4/12/2012

A recent study shows two out of three young people from conservative churches will leave the church as adults. Today on Home School Heartbeat with host Mike Smith, guest Ken Ham discusses how parents can better communicate the truth about the Bible to stop this exodus before it starts.

Mike Smith:
Ken Ham, founder and president of Answers in Genesis, is with us again today. Ken, a major concern for many parents is how to teach their children about the Bible in a clear and compelling way. How important is teaching the concept of biblical authority?

Ken Ham:
Well, you know, you’re right. From churches all across America, we’ve been receiving so many reports that tell the same sad story. Teens and young adults are leaving the church in droves. You know, that prompted our Answers in Genesis ministry to determine what’s caused so many young people to turn their back on the Christian faith.

Well, 1, 000 people in their 20s gave us some shocking answers. Though they regularly attended Bible believing churches growing up, those who attended Sunday school regularly as children, and they are more likely to accept gay marriage and abortion and more likely not to believe all the accounts in the Bible are true. So, those who went to Sunday school are more prone to accept these wrong views? See there is something desperately wrong with Sunday school programs. And we found that most churches and homes are not teaching apologetics. They’re not teaching children to be able to answer the skeptical questions of the age.

Parents need to stress with their children that God’s word is true from the very first verse, that it is relevant in their lives and how they conduct themselves, and equip them to know how to defend the Christian faith.

Mike: Thanks so much, Ken! I know this will be really helpful to our listeners. Next time, we’ll wrap up this week with a field trip idea for the ages! So until then, I’m Mike Smith.

Already Gone

A recent study shows more than half of young people raised in conservative churches leaving the church in their 20s. Ken Ham, this week’s guest, offers research and analysis on this growing trend in his new book, Already Gone: Why Your Kids Will Quit Church and What You Can Do to Stop It.

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