Good Answers to Good Questions
The Barna Group’s latest research is of great interest to me. This research firm, working with World Vision, put together a study titled “The Connected Generation.” With a sample size of 15,369 from a young adult population (ages 18 to 35) from twenty-five countries speaking nine languages. The stated aim of the survey is to equip pastors and church leaders to better understand this age group, of whom much ink has been spilled. Several items cited over at The Christian Post struck me as important. This study shows us a crisis in three areas: pastoral care, answering tough questions concerning the Christian Faith, and involving a new generation of church leaders. Quoting from the article: Only one-third (33 percent) say they feel deeply cared for by those around them. “Only a third say they often feel someone believes in me,” Barna President David Kinneman said. “This tells me that two out of three young people around the world would not feel these kinds of relational connect