Youth ministry researcher Chap Clark says, \u201cI\u2019m convinced that the single most important area where we\u2019ve lost ground with kids is in our commitment and ability to ground them in God\u2019s Word.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
As a result, Barry Shafer says, \u201cThe church today, including both the adult and teenage generations, is in an era of rampant biblical illiteracy.\u201d\u009d Duffy Robbins takes this one step further when he says: \u201cOur young people have become incapable of theological thinking because they don\u2019t have any theology to think about. \u201d\u00a6 And, as Paul warns us, this \u201d\u00a6 leaves us as \u201d\u02dcinfants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching\u2019 (Ephesians 4:14).\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
At the conclusion of the National Study of Youth and Religion, lead researcher Christian Smith reported: \u201cEven though most teens are very positive about religion and say it\u2019s a good thing, the vast majority are incredibly inarticulate about religion. \u201d\u00a6 It doesn\u2019t seem to us that many teens are being very well-educated in their faith traditions.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n