• Parents have abandoned them. Wanting love, security and support from parents, this generation more than any other is isolated from caring adults.
• Culture is destroying them. Without adult guidance teenagers are awash in the sewage of the culture. They decide their own beliefs and behavior. That is why 38% of 15-year-old girls and over 60% of 18-year-old girls are sexually active.
• Church struggles to relate to them. Church attending students cheat, lie, get drunk and have sex at the same statistical rate as non-church-attending students. A couple of hours a week of "spiritual entertainment" have left our teenagers spiritually unequipped to handle their world.
• Teenagers, however, are searching for God. Spiritual issues have captured teenagers' interest. Most people who embrace Christ do so before their 18th birthday. Over 400,000 students a year go on mission trips. Teenagers are hungry for more! |