You want to reach them. Those ever-evasive “young adults”—the most passionate, active, untapped resource who are on board with being part of something bigger, want to feel like they belong, and are ready to make a difference in the world. Problem is, this people group seems just out of your reach.

Through their fascinating book, Lost and Found: The Younger Unchurched and Churches that Reach Them, Ed Stetzer, Jason Hayes, and Richie Stanley set out to take the spiritual temperature of unchurched young adults in the United States, and came up with some bad news and some good news. The bad news: It seems the younger non-church-going crowd believe our churches are too critical about lifestyle issues, full of hypocrites, and unnecessary for spiritual development.

Ouch.

But hey, we promised you good news, too. These same young adults are willing to not only listen but talk with us about Christianity and Jesus. If that’s not a good place to start, what is?

Do you know what percentage…

• believe they can have a good relationship with God without being involved in church?

  90%

• agreed that if a church presented truth to them in an understandable way that relates to their lives now, they would attend?

  63%

• of young non-church-going adults said they would be willing to listen if someone wanted to tell them about Christianity?

  89%

• of 20- to 29-year-old unchurched adults in America believe that God or a higher supreme being exists?

  81%

Resources to help you reach young adults…

Lost and Found

If you want a more in-depth look at the statistics shown on this page, Lost and Found is the book for you.

Sent

Lead Christ-followers to engage culture and figure out how they fit into the overall purpose of the church with this short-term, 5-session study.

LifeMatters

Equip your young adult group to connect with community through this quarterly Bible study built around real and honest discussions on issues that matter.

Blemished

Another flexible 5-session study to get dialogue flowing. This one is on the Book of Malachi and explores obedience.