Building Assets, Strengthening Faith: Results from a Field Test Survey (2003)
How well are congregations nurturing faith and building assets with children, youth, and families? This report offers insights into this question based on surveys of 1,500 youth and adults in 15 U.S. congregations. The report highlights perceptions of the congregations’ strengths, challenges, and areas of impact. It addresses congregational opportunities for children and youth, opportunities for families, intergenerational opportunities, and community engagement. Youth and adults both rated opportunities for children and youth as areas of strength, and community engagement and family support as challenges.
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Youth Development in Congregations: An Exploration of Potential and Barriers (1995)
This report synthesizes the knowledge about the potential of congregations for nurturing youth development through the lens of Developmental Assets.
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The Attitudes and Needs of Religious Youth Workers (1995)
This study of 500 religious youth workers in seven communities examined their goals for youth work, their interests in training and resources, and their openness to interfaith engagement.
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Shema: Listening to Jewish Youth (1995)
Based on an in-depth survey of Jewish youth in Minneapolis, this report examines factors in school, family, synagogue, and community life that are associated with issues of identity and continuity for Jewish youth.
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Youth in Protestant Churches (1993)
Using data from the Effective Christian Education study, this special report provides in-depth statistics on the faith life, congregational experience, and family life of youth in Protestant congregations.
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Effective Christian Education: A National Study of Protestant Congregations: Summary Report (1990)
This landmark study examines the faith maturity of youth and adults in six Protestant denominations as well as factors in congregational and personal life that are associated with growth in faith maturity.
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Six-Denomination Report
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