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Young Adults and Single Adults: A Look at USA and Church of the Nazarene Trends

Young Adults and Single Adults: A Look at USA and Church of the Nazarene Trends. Annual Births in U.S. 1946-1964 “Boomers” Now age 44-62. 1965-1976 “Busters” Now age 32-43. 1977-1994 Gen. X Now age 14-31. Source: Statistical Abstract of the United States.

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Young Adults and Single Adults: A Look at USA and Church of the Nazarene Trends

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  1. Young Adults and Single Adults:A Look at USA and Churchof the Nazarene Trends

  2. Annual Births in U.S. 1946-1964“Boomers”Now age 44-62 1965-1976“Busters”Now age 32-43 1977-1994 Gen. XNow age 14-31 Source: Statistical Abstract of the United States

  3. Youth & Young Adults in U.S. Population – 1986-2025 Source: Statistical Abstract of the United States

  4. Projected U.S. Age Group Projections Source: Statistical Abstract of the United States

  5. Nazarene Youth Camp AttendanceUSA & Canada Source: Pastors’ Reports

  6. Nazarene Youth Camp Percentage Participating Source: Pastors’ Reports

  7. NYI & Sunday School Trends Source: Pastors’ Reports

  8. Nazarene College Choices Source: Pastors’ Reports

  9. Research Findings: Soul SearchingThe Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers • Religiously, American teens are complicated and "all over the map.“ • American teenagers embrace particular religious beliefs and engage in deliberate practices. • Faith for these teenagers is not just general identity or affiliation or cognitive belief, but also activated, practiced, and formed through specific religious and spiritual practices. • Very, very few American adolescents are "spiritual but not religious". Sources: Soul Searching by Christian Smith with Melinda Lundquist Denton, pages 190-191

  10. Research Findings: Soul Searching • We are not highly effective in fostering clarity and articulacy about our beliefs & culture. • Where religious faith and practice are important teens tend to have religious lives constructed relationally and institutionally to intersect and overlap with other important aspects of their lives. • Parents and other adults exert huge influence in the lives of American adolescents. • Overall there is a positive association between greater religious involvement and more positive outcomes in life. Sources: Soul Searching by Christian Smith with Melinda Lundquist Denton, pages 190-191

  11. Strong Families:Key to Youth Retention • Shared religious commitment of parents intentionally passed on • Positive relationship between parents and children • Traditional family structure • Fewer social disruptions (moves, divorce, etc.) • Fit of individual’s status and ideology with religious group Source: Smith & Sikkink, Review of Religious Research, 2003, 45: 190-191

  12. Age at First Marriage Source: Infoplease

  13. Household Types Source: U.S. Census Bureau publication, America’s Families & Living Arrangements 2000, page 3

  14. U.S. Trends & Nazarenes Sources: U.S. Census Bureau publication, America’s Families & Living Arrangements 2000, page 10 and U.S. Congregational Life Survey, 2001

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