Choosing Church: What Makes a Difference for Teens

By Carol Lytch

Book Overview

Widely known theological educator and sociologist Carol Lytch presents this well-researched study of what attracts teenagers to the church and what keeps them there. The cogent research includes interviews of a number of teenagers and their parents from mainline Protestant, evangelical, and Roman Catholic congregations. Groundbreaking and fascinating, Choosing Church ultimately serves as a highly useful description of the most effective ways that congregations and parents can foster faith in teenagers that will help them value the church as a place to obtain identity, belonging, and growth.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0664227171
• ISBN13: 9780664227173
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"