A former colleague got in touch this week to ask me a question I’ve heard often since my book “The Next Mormons” was published earlier this year. He understands the problems we’re all facing with religious retention in America; now he would like to be pointed to solutions, especially for millennials and Generation Z.
What ideas or practices are actually “working to mitigate or reverse those trends,” and is there solid research about what can help?
His timing is excellent, because this week I interviewed David Kinnaman, who is the president of the Christian research firm Barna Group and the co-author of two previous studies, “You Lost Me” and “UnChristian,” that have been helpful in diagnosing the religious disaffection of younger Americans.