Sticky Faith

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 students to carry their faith into adulthood.Fuller Youth Institute has done extensive research in the area of youth ministry and teenage development. In Sticky Faith, the team at FYI presents youth workers with both a theological/philosophical framework and practical programming ideas that develop long-term faith in teenagers. Each chapter presents a summary of FYI's quantitative and qualitative research, along with the implications of this research, including program ideas suggested and tested by youth ministries nationwide. This resource will give youth pastors what they need to help foster a faith that sticks with all the teenagers in their group long after they've left the youth room.

Kara E. Powell is executive director at the Fuller Youth Institute and a faculty member at Fuller Theological Seminary. She has authored or coauthored several books, including Essential Leadership, Deep Justice in a Broken World, and Help'. I'm a Woman in Youth Ministry. She is the general editor for The Fuller Youth Institute E-Joumal and regularly speaks at conferences and seminars. She lives with her husband and three children in Pasadena, California. Brad M. Griffin is the associate director of the Fuller Youth Institute, where he develops research-based training for youth workers. A native Kentuckian, Brad now lives in Pasadena with his wife, Missy, and their three children. After more than fifteen years in youth ministry, he now volunteers in student and worship ministries. Cheryl A. Crawford is Associate Professor of Practical Theology and Director of the Youth Ministry Program at Azusa Pacific University. Cheryl has served in a variety of youth ministry settings for over 30 years.