http://www.christianpost.com/article/20090407/younger-unchurched-seek-faith-that-challenges-transforms/index.html

Younger Unchurched Seek Faith that Challenges, Transforms

While surveys continue to paint a hopeless picture of young adults and the future of the Christian faith, Christianity will not die out in this generation or any other, insists one researcher and author.

"We have heard them and guess you have too: 'This will be the last Christian generation,' 'Only 4 percent of this generation are Christians,' and 'The sky is falling,'" writes Ed Stetzer in Lost and Found: The Younger Unchurched and the Churches that Reach Them. "Well, there are some concerns (and big ones at that), but hype does not help." (read more here: http://www.christianpost.com/article/20090407/younger-unchurched-seek-faith-that-challenges-transforms/index.html)

Back to Church Sunday was a successful national event held on September 13th, 2009. See our post press release here: http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/1214011567.html

Here are a few highlights/comments that we have gathered:

• From the churches who responded to our survey 100% of them say they will participate again.
• From churches that responded to our survey there was an average 19% increase in weekend attendance.
• "Church was packed out," said one churchgoer. It "hasn't been like that in a long time. I loved it!" Another said, "It was a little challenging getting a parking spot. Praise God!"
• "Outreach" magazine plans to include a story about "Back to Church Sunday" in the January/February 2010 issue.  
• "We had 25% more than our average attendance." Check out more responses from the Back To Church Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/backtochurch

Outreach magazine wrote an article titled "Coming Home" by Thom S. Rainer and Sam S. Rainer III July /August 2007 issue. This article was a foundational piece in constructing Back to Church Sunday.

View the article here: http://backtochurch.com/docs/JA07%20reprint.pdf