Thanks for your comments. It’s been a while since I’ve blogged, but I will be posting more frequently/regularly in 2009.

Going back to your comment, I would agree with you in your statement about the role of the church in young people’s lives. What I believe is, we as followers of Jesus (the church) need to live out everyday what it means to be people who follow and live our lives as Jesus did. To love people when they least expect it and least deserve it, to serve and give of ourselves to others, to not just go to church, but “be” the church and obey and live our lives in accordance to what Jesus modeled for us. And I believe this happens, one relationships at a time. It is spread by each of us that know God and love God, to love others and prove IT in our love, actions and speech.

And my prayer is simply stating, that we as a church (people young and old who follow Christ as Lord and Savior of their life) are often stuck with just going to church on Sundays and “doing church.” It is my desire that we live out what Jesus is all about all throughout the week as we spend time with Him and influence others to Him by how we live our lives.

Several of the reasons relate to a person’s unwillingness to place religion as a priority which can be attributed to the top two reasons.

If people find church members to be judgmental and hypocritical then steps need to be taken to alleviate this issue, without sacraficing the integrity of the church’s foundations.

However, researching why young adults “simply want a break from church” can be a sticky problem. How do you gather information to address this very vague reason without appearing to be forcing religion on people?

“It is my prayer that God would break the hearts of this generation and draw them back to Himself.”

If you would, please explain what is meant by this?