The reason some kids abandon their faith is not because they go to college but because they stop going to church. They immerse themselves in a world with different assumptions, rituals, and beliefs. The church becomes something for the holidays. Do not underestimate the power of the church. One of the best ways to keep our kids and engage unbelievers is simply to invite them to see the community of faith in worship and in action. It is not that the church replaces other, rational strategies and arguments for belief in God but rather that the church becomes the atmosphere, the teller of a
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