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Touching the Hearts of Czech Youth

Touching the Hearts of Czech Youth. A Research Study of 2 nd and 3 rd Year Czech and Slovak Secondary School Students. Key Questions. W here to focus ministry efforts to engage and disciple youth

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Touching the Hearts of Czech Youth

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  1. Touching the Hearts of Czech Youth A Research Study of 2nd and 3rd Year Czech and Slovak Secondary School Students

  2. Key Questions • Where to focus ministry efforts to engage and disciple youth • What is the condition of the local youth so that the church can be better equipped to reach their own context

  3. The Method • A 34 question survey among 2nd and 3rd year secondary school students • 30 key cities in Czech and 10 key cities in Slovakia • Three types of schools: Practical, Gymnasia, and Vocational • At least 35 students per school: at least 105 students per city (1434 in Prague) • A total of 8290 students surveyed: 6911 in Czech

  4. The Segments • Target Segment: • Believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and the Savior of the world • Believe that there is spiritual reality • Believe that God exists and they are interested in Him • Interested in knowing more about the Bible BUT the Bible is not currently an integral part of their life • Nominal: • Identify themselves as belonging to either the Roman Catholic or other Christian faith • The Bible is not currently an integral part of their life • Evangelical: • Believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and the Savior of the world • The Bible is currently an integral part of their life

  5. Understanding Needs and Hunger • The Needs: • Happiness • Autonomy • Being Loved and Accepted • Freedom from Guilt • Life Purpose • Fulfillment and Importance: 1 – 7 scale • Solutions: Options to choose top 3 • Always include parents, friends, boy/girl friend, and God • Other relevant options: no more than 12

  6. Hunger = Importance x (Importance – Fulfillment)

  7. Example: Solutions for Purpose

  8. 9 Key Insights for Czech Student Ministry • The issue is not unbelief but it is indifference • Highest concentrations of the Target Audience are in the east • Look for them in Gymnasia • The church has a credibility crisis with the youth • Most students do not have any religious affiliation • Unfulfilled Happiness is the greatest need among students • Students look to their most personal human relationships to fulfill the need for Happiness • After Happiness, Being Loved is the next greatest need among female students. • After Happiness, Autonomy is the next greatest need among male students.

  9. INSIGHT 1: The issue is not unbelief but it is indifference Jesus is Son of God and Savior… …and want to know Him …and believe in a spiritual reality Desire to know Bible

  10. INSIGHT 2: The highest concentrations of the Target Audience in the Czech Republic are in the east ČeskýTěšín, Třebíč, ValašskéMeziříčí, and Vsetín have more than 10% of the Target Segment among secondary school students Target Segment 11% - 20% 6% - 10% 3% - 5.9% <3% o š h g j l v n s w q k r d f e z u p č x i m ř t a ž y c b

  11. INSIGHT 3: Larger portions of Target and Evangelical segments are in Gymnasia

  12. INSIGHT 4: Less than 10% of Czech students indicated that the church is a credible Prior research indicates that the church is among the least trusted institutions in the Czech Republic. Please, mark the statement that expresses your opinion the best • Credibility is a minority opinion even among the Target • Credibility is barely a majority opinion among Evangelicals

  13. INSIGHT 5: A majority of students in the Czech Republic do not identify with any religious affiliation • Most religious students affiliate with Catholicism • More than 1/3 of Evangelicals identify with “Other Christian”

  14. INSIGHT 6: Unfulfilled Happiness is the greatest need among students in Czech Republic • Female students • 6.78 vs. 5.17 for males • 6.13 vs. 5.92 importance scores • Target segment • 6.9 vs. 5.8 for CZ • 6.2 vs 6.0 importance scores

  15. INSIGHT 7: Students look to their most personal human relationships to fulfill the need for Happiness

  16. INSIGHT 8: The unfulfilled desire of Being Loved is also a key need: particularly among female students

  17. INSIGHT 9: Unfulfilled Autonomy is much more important to males

  18. What Next • What insights are most relevant to my calling and my ministry’s calling? • What can be done about it? • What am I capable of doing? • Who can help? • What should I/we now do?

  19. Your Questions? • Email: sfriderich@clarity-research.net • Appointments • Hotel KAM conference center, Malenovice on Tuesday (20th) • SKYPE • Answers: http://tinyurl.com/KAM2011

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