“40 to 50 percent of kids who graduate from a church or youth group will fail to stick with their faith in college.” — Sticky Faith: Everyday Ideas to Build Lasting Faith in Your Kids

“Only 20 percent of college students who leave the faith planned to do so. The remaining 80 percent intended to stick with their faith but didn’t. ” — Sticky Faith: Everyday Ideas to Build Lasting Faith in Your Kids

Questions for Discussion

1. Share your thoughts on a segregated vs integrated approach to kids ministry.

2. What do you think about the statistical evidence that home discipleship is the most powerful tool for youth developing a personal walk with God?

3. What do you think about the idea that children develop their picture of God primarily through how older generations relate to them?

4. Share your thoughts on the 3 kids ministry myths.

5. What do you think about the 3 approaches to kids ministry (Omni-Formal, Anti-formal and Informal)? Which of these do you believe will be most beneficial for you and your family in your current stage of life?

“Kids’ discipleship isn’t a problem to be fixed but a process to invest in. It’s messy because kids are messy. And that’s what makes it beautiful.” — The R3 Network

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