Barna Group, a research group from California that studies trends in the church, recently published the following statistics about youth in America’s churches:

• Current trends show that on 4% of young people will be evangelical believers by the time they are in their 30′s compared to 34% of adults today who are.
• 3 out of 4 kids will leave the church when they turn 18 and never return
• 86 % of kids watch supernatural-themed movies or television shows on a regular basis
• 73% have engaged in at least one type of psychic or witchcraft-related activity
• 25% have played some type of game featuring sorcery or witchcraft
• 10% have participated in some type of séance
• 25% have had their palm read or their fortune told

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