The amount of Americans who are becoming religiously unaffiliated may have something to do with the way they were raised. According to a new report from the Pew Research Center, about one-in-five U.S. adults say they grew up in interfaith homes. 

Pew expands on this, saying, “Only a quarter of Millennials (24 percent) say they were raised by two Protestant parents, once the archetype of an American family. Twice as many adults in the Silent and Greatest generations (48 percent) say they were raised by two Protestants.”

There’s good news, though. Pew also reports that eight-in-ten people who were raised in Protestant homes continue to claim this faith today. Proverbs 22:6 says, “Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.” While our congregations contain families sending mixed religious messages to their children, there are ways to help kids move on to adult faith. For more about churches that attract and keep young adults, see "Influence Podcast: How to Keep Youth in Church".