​Study Findings:
Over 52 % of Christian students who attend a non-Christian college or university will leave the
Christian faith after four years of studies.

​Source:
Dayton A. Kingsriter (2007) Assembly of God Study

Study Findings:
This study indicated that 70% of Protestants ages 18 to 30 who attended church on a regular basis in high school, quit regular church by the age of 23. Roughly 35% of this group, later in life, will begin regular church attendance. This translates into about one in four Protestant young people leaving the church on a permanent basis.

Source:
Lifeway Research & Ministry Development Study (2007)

​Study Findings:
These authors’ research makes the case that roughly 90% of the children from Christian homes
that leave the Christian faith do so while in their middle and high school years. Their findings
make a strong case that the anti-Christian public school textbooks, teachers, and students greatly
erode and undermine the student’s Christian worldview.

​Source:
“Already Gone: Why your kids will quit church and what you can do to stop it” by Ken Ham,
​Britt Beemer, with Todd Hillard, New Leaf Publishing/Master Books (2009)

​Study Findings:
79% of young adults who have left their childhood religious faith, did so during their adolescent
and teen years.

​Source:
“Exodus: Why Americans are Leaving Religion, and Why They’re Unlikely to Come Back”
Betsy Cooper, Ph.D., Daniel Cox, Ph.D., Rachel Lienesch, Robert P. Jones, Ph.D., Public
Religious Research Institue (2016)