"Already Gone"

I just read a book review for "Already Gone - Why your kids will quit church and what you can do to stop it" by Ken Ham & Britt Beemer.

It says that 61% of today's young adults who were regular church attendees are now spiritually disengaged. The authors completed research to find answers to this disturbing statistic.

Research showed that students who regularly attend Sunday School are actually: "more likely to defend premarital sex;""more likely to accept that gay marriage and abortion should be legal;" and "more likely to believe that good people don't need to go to church."

As a children's minister getting ready to start a Sunday School Like program, I should probably be nervous and reconsider.
However, the reasons we are losing our young adults are not surprising.

Results showed that these young adults would prefer good, quality Bible teachings (Truth), but had found their churches to be more driven by man-made tradition than biblical mandates.

It seems to me that people are not searching for the latest greatest scheme but they only want to hear TRUTH. I believe it is time for the "Church" to get back to the basics of offering Biblical TRUTH.

Chap. 7 of the book asks parents; "Do you love the Lord our God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might? Do you take the words of God and treasure them in your heart and teach them to your kids by talking to them about God's word as if it's a normal part of your life? Is it your life? The faith of your family starts with you."

No shock here. The Church cannot do it alone. True biblical discipleship and education is learned first at home. Parents cannot live a lie by acting one way at church and another way at home. On the flip, it is the job as ministers to equip parents to lead, educate, and disciple their own children. It is our job to get them involved in the ministries to their children rather than trying to do it ourselves.

Stop Clowning Around:
What steps are you taking to ensure that the children you pastoring will not disengage as adults?