You Lost Me Discussion Guide - by David Kinnaman & Aly Hawkins (Paperback)

About the Book

Based on the groundbreaking You Lost Me trade book, these curriculum components will help small groups identify who's leaving the church, why they're leaving, and what we can do about it.

Book 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.

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.

About the Author

David Kinnaman is the coauthor of the bestselling unChristian and is the president of The Barna Group, which provides research and resources that facilitate spiritual transformation in people's lives. Since joining Barna in 1995, David has designed and analyzed nearly five hundred studies for a variety of churches, nonprofits, and corporations. He and George Barna write a free research report published online at www.barna.org. David and his wife, Jill, have three children and live in California.