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Sticky Faith, Youth Worker Edition: Practical Ideas to Nurture Long-Term Faith in Teenagers is unavailable, but you can change that!

Many of the statistics you read about teenagers and faith can be alarming. Recent studies show that 40-50 percent of kids who are connected to a youth group throughout their senior year will fail to stick with their faith in college. As youth workers are pouring their time and energy into the students in their ministries, they are often left wondering if they’ve done enough to equip their...

family life.” Esther easily could have turned bitter toward God and her parents through this experience. Rather, she turned toward both—and continues to stick with both. Even after all of our research and interviews with transitioning youth group kids, we still can’t prescribe a foolproof fixed agenda to help all students grow in their spiritual identities or know who they are becoming in their journey with Christ. God’s work in each life can neither be programmed nor predicted. Our students’ changing