You Lost Me Discussion Guide: Starting Conversations Between Generations...On Faith, Doubt, Sex, Science, Culture, and Church - Softcover

Kinnaman, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0801014999 ISBN 13: 9780801014994

Publisher: Baker Books, 2013

Synopsis

Close to 60 percent of young Christians who went to church as teens drop out after high school. In You Lost Me, the bestselling coauthor of unChristian trained his researcher's eye on Christians aged 16-29, exposing why they leave the church and rethink their faith. Now small groups can study this groundbreaking book with a new DVD and discussion guide.

This DVD and discussion guide will inform, equip, and empower groups and churches to understand the unique challenges that are affecting younger Christians. It's not eough for us to know that they are dropping out and rethinking their faith; this video study and discussion guide provides key insights and practical ways that we can actively enage this generation with thoughtful conversation.

About this title

About the Authors

David Kinnaman is coauthor of unChristian, You Lost Me, and Good Faith. He is president of Barna Group, a leading research and communications company that works with churches, nonprofits, and businesses ranging from film studios to financial services. Since 1995, David has directed interviews with more than one million individuals and overseen hundreds of U.S. and global research studies. He and his wife live in California with their three children.

ALY HAWKINS and her husband, Bryan Ashmore, live, write, and make music in Southern California. Aly is the author of Shine: Beautiful Inside and Out, as well as numerous articles. Married for five years, Aly and Bryan are passionate about living at the intersection of faith, art, and culture.

From the Back Cover

Identifying a problem is not a solution.
But starting a conversation is the beginning of restoration.

In You Lost Me, the bestselling coauthor of unChristian trained his researcher's eye on Christians aged 18 to 29, exposing why they leave the church and rethink their faith. This penetrating discussion guide and the accompanying DVD will help you and your small group start an intergenerational conversation about the most pressing faith issues of our day.

You'll discover why the younger generation often sees the church as overprotective, shallow, anti-intellectual, exclusive, repressive, and intolerant of doubt. You'll discuss tough questions that resist pat answers. And you'll discover loving, biblical ways to reconnect to young people with kindness, compassion, and humility.

If you care about the future of the church, you won't want to miss You Lost Me.

Edition details

• Publisher: Baker Books
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0801014999
• ISBN 13: 9780801014994
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 75