Nationwide polls and denominational reports are showing that the next generation is calling it quits on the traditional church. And it's not just ...
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Jan 14, 2012
Kevin
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It’s been no secret that many teenagers leave the church completely shortly after entering into college. However, the shocking news is these teenagers have already left the faith long before they may have left the church. Its not colleges that our encouraging our teens to leave the church, it may be the church itself. Thus the premise of Already Gone by Ken Ham and Britt Beemer…
Already Gone seeks to analyze the results of a survey conducted by Answers in Genesis and conducted by B More...
Already Gone seeks to analyze the results of a survey conducted by Answers in Genesis and conducted by B More...
Jul 19, 2011
Adam T
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This was truly a sobering look at what's happened in England - with their rich history of evangelism and preaching (John Wesley, George Whitefield, Charles Spurgeon) and doctrinal clarity (the Westminster divines, et al.) - and the similar consequences that could soon be clearly visible in America. The authors especially hit it home the way they open and close the book (not going to spoil it).
Ordinarily I tend to be very skeptical of "statistics" and the way people use them, More...
Ordinarily I tend to be very skeptical of "statistics" and the way people use them, More...
Jul 09, 2011
Kenneth
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Ham, Ken and Britt Beemer: Already Gone: why your kids will quit church and what you can do to stop it (ok) (166pgs) Some good insight in this book, but seems to oversimplify some problems. It seems their answer to the problem was to have answers for critics of Genesis and not much beyond that. I believe we need to have answers but the Bible is not mainly a science book. Where it teaches science we can trust it fully but it is about God, creation, man, sin, Christ as redeemer, and his return
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Aug 25, 2010
The study contrasts the effectiveness of Sunday School, in which kids learn "stories" from the Bible for perhaps a couple of hours per week, with public school, in which they learn facts about the real world for several hours each school day. It notes the influences these respective sources have on the formation of a child's worldview and that when there is a conflict, it is very likely that the information under the "real world" heading will be believed.
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Oct 15, 2009
Nora
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In the front of this book are pictures of beautiful churches in England that have been transformed. They show a church in the United Kingdom turned into a rock climbing center, one in England turned into a night club, one a restaurant and still another a theater.
The authors talk about a shift in society, “The decline of the Church has followed the plummeting spirituality of a nation that has lost its roots—its foundation. England, the country that was once a cornerstone of western C More...
The authors talk about a shift in society, “The decline of the Church has followed the plummeting spirituality of a nation that has lost its roots—its foundation. England, the country that was once a cornerstone of western C More...
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Sep 08, 2010
Anthony
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A Quick Read - Ham does a wonderful job identifying problems faced by every Christian congregation. Mainly relevancy and authenticity, which is evidenced by the decline of churchgoers.
He accurately calls out congregations from their pathetic attempts to be cool instead of holding to Truth, he points to Sunday School as actually hurting people’s faith in God and the Bible (great stats here), and he chides congregations for hypocrisy, legalism, and self-righteousness.
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He accurately calls out congregations from their pathetic attempts to be cool instead of holding to Truth, he points to Sunday School as actually hurting people’s faith in God and the Bible (great stats here), and he chides congregations for hypocrisy, legalism, and self-righteousness.
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Nov 06, 2009
Thomas
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Ken Ham has teamed up with a Britt Beemer, a survey research specialist. Working together they have surveyed a cross-section of conservative evangelical young adults. After analyzing the results they present the case that our young adults are leaving the church at an epidemic level. However t he most surprising discovery is that the vast majority left the church prior to high school graduation. The youth had questions and challenges for the Christian worldview that were not answered satisfac
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Feb 12, 2011
Dan
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I wish I could've just bought the research study. This book makes it clear that we are losing kids in Sunday School, not college. In a nutshell, Ham believes that teaching a literal, young-earth creation is the only way to bring kids back to church. There is more depth to it than that, they make a good case that we really lose kids in middle school because Sunday School is really just a glorified babysitter program in many churches, and youth ministry does more to fuel the cultural concept of ad
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Sep 15, 2010
David
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ONE-MINUTE REVIEW:
A necessary wake-up call to whomever calls themselves a Christian and has even the slightest desire to pass those values on to the next generation and beyond!
The biggest problem facing the Christian world today is the attack on the authority of the Bible, and the inevitable slide to irrelevancy once that foundation has been destroyed. From the very first chapter of Genesis, our post-Christian society doubts the Bible's history and Christians have not done a More...
A necessary wake-up call to whomever calls themselves a Christian and has even the slightest desire to pass those values on to the next generation and beyond!
The biggest problem facing the Christian world today is the attack on the authority of the Bible, and the inevitable slide to irrelevancy once that foundation has been destroyed. From the very first chapter of Genesis, our post-Christian society doubts the Bible's history and Christians have not done a More...
Jan 22, 2010
Tonya
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This book has been expressing much of what I feel when I think about church. It is very educational and shows me how I should help my own children.
My only complaint is I don't fit either group. I propose a 3rd group: those that have tried and tried to follow God's Word to the letter, but have been hurt by hypocrasy so many times in the church, they are looking for something better. Churches are made up of human beings and are never perfect, but they COULD keep those who do things More...
My only complaint is I don't fit either group. I propose a 3rd group: those that have tried and tried to follow God's Word to the letter, but have been hurt by hypocrasy so many times in the church, they are looking for something better. Churches are made up of human beings and are never perfect, but they COULD keep those who do things More...
Jul 24, 2011
Stephen
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READ MAY 2011
Interesting take on the dynamics of many leaving the church, as an institution, while they continue to seek community of faith. While the focus is on high school and college-age, the application is to all with similar perspectives.
Best quotes, "Our spirituality has become compartmentalized....'If I can't trust the Bible in the earthly things, why should I trust it in the spiritual things?' ... The church actually disconnects the Bible from the real world" More...
Interesting take on the dynamics of many leaving the church, as an institution, while they continue to seek community of faith. While the focus is on high school and college-age, the application is to all with similar perspectives.
Best quotes, "Our spirituality has become compartmentalized....'If I can't trust the Bible in the earthly things, why should I trust it in the spiritual things?' ... The church actually disconnects the Bible from the real world" More...
Apr 30, 2010
Joseph
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Answers In Genesis commissioned America's Research Group to study the exodus of today's youth from the faith. What they found was that 2/3s of young people (<20)currently present in body are actually already gone in heart. To reverse the trend, the book encourages a return to the authority of Scripture, especially the foundational chapters of Genesis (1-11) and teaching our youth how to answer challenges to the faith through apologetics. Very good book overall. It tends to seem like an advert
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Jul 07, 2010
My church is obsessed with this book. I don't think a voter's meeting has gone by since it was published that someone hasn't mentioned it. Sometimes I find it kind of ironic. They talk as if its a new revelation, and maybe it is for them. But really? All they had to do was ask any number of teenagers. We know. We see, we hear, and we answer. But my generation isn't expected to feel anything, we're just "a problem" and "losing our faith", wanna know why?
Ask one of us.
Ask one of us.
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Aug 05, 2011
I'm not sure suspicious is the right word, but when an author widely known for Answers in Genesis commissioned statistics that arrive at the conclusion that apologetics on that issue are THE critical issue is whether twentysomethings stay in church, one has to ask.
His insight that young people don't place the value in church because they don't put what they learn on equal footing with other subjects was insightful. His contention that apologetics needs to be included in our lessons from the Bibl More...
His insight that young people don't place the value in church because they don't put what they learn on equal footing with other subjects was insightful. His contention that apologetics needs to be included in our lessons from the Bibl More...
Oct 23, 2010
This book is chilling. Every sunday school teacher, youth leader, pastor, parent, teacher, etc. must read this. I teach 20somethings every summer and this is the answer to the slow fade of that age group from their roots in the church.
Sep 01, 2011
Chuck
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I like Ken Ham. I like him a lot. I have a feeling, however, that many economists would disagree with some of his methods of research. In short, I find some of his solutions a bit shortsighted.
Aug 24, 2010
Andy
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awesome book about teaching the first 11 chapters of Genesis and how it is so important to a Christians worldview...
Sep 20, 2011
Bob
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A sobering look at trends in church attendance and spiritual commitments among American youth
Jun 23, 2010
Already Gone: Why your kids will quit church and what you can do to stop it by Ken Ham (2009)
Jan 28, 2012
Jason
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Ken Ham and Brit Beamer did a fantastic job at researching a current trend in the church today. They asked probing questions to find out why people (mostly kids and twenty-somethings)are leaving the church, and often times the faith. They shed light on the urgent need of understanding and leadership in the church today. People need to start educating themselves on the seemingly harder issues of the Bible, or they just need to "man-up" and have the faith that it takes to stand on the Wo
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Oct 01, 2009
Shannon
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Ken Ham brings a wake-up call to Christian churches and families today. Just because the kids are in church, doesn't mean they're safely caught for life. Professional survey and analysis show the time frame and reasons young people leave, and present solutions that bring us back to the simplicity of the Bible. Well worth reading. Every pastor, sunday school teacher, Christian children's program worker, and parent should read it.
Oct 20, 2010
Daniel Melvill
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The statictics in this study we need study and apply, and then change the way we teach Sunday School and youth group. Before it's too late.
Aug 24, 2009
Reedross
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New book by Answers in Genesis exploring why so many young adults leave the church and what can be done about it. I found it very eye opening and significant since I was one of those that 'left' but came back later as an adult.
Dec 05, 2010
Susan
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Excellent book! I am on the education committee at church. I think this book is going to guide us in making helpful changes in our education program that draws others into a stronger relationship with the Lord. I am exciting!
Dec 04, 2010
Poiema
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An extensive survey of young adults who have left behind the church of their youth shows that there are HUGE holes in the passing of the torch from one generation to the next. Ken Ham believes the missing ingredient is apologetics.
