Sunday School: Alarming Statistics

In the category of "things that make you go, hmmm...."

But first, a disclaimer.

At Heritage Family Church we do not care to be known as anti-Sunday school.

True, because of our convictions about keeping families together for worship and Bible study, we do not have a Sunday school program. And yes, we question the wisdom of an age-segregated, family-separating approach to Christian education.

But when there are so many ungodly and unscriptural abominations all around us, it doesn't make sense to focus a great deal of "anti-ness" on a well-meant program like Sunday school. For all of its weaknesses, Sunday school has reached many people for Christ and has no doubt been a blessing to many of the Lord's people.

So I don't post this in a spirit of attack or gloating, and frankly I'm not really sure what to make of it.

Ken Ham (Answers in Genesis) and Britt Beamer (from America’s Research Group), in their new book, Already Gone: Why your kids will quit church and what you can do about it, reveal this startling fact:

Based on research among young adults aged 20 to 29 who attended conservative, evangelical churches when they were younger, those who attended Sunday school regularly as kids were more likely to leave the church and depart from the faith than those who didn't.

Read about it here:

A Shock to the Church