| Author | Message | ||
| Dennis Registered user Username: Dennis Post Number: 1900 Registered: 4-2000  |
Manuela Casti reports that in her country, Italy, "probably 70 percent" of the Adventist youth have left Seventh-day Adventism. The Valuegenesis Europe Study used a 335-question survey of European SDA youth between 14 to 25 years of age in 17 languages. Ms. Casti said that "high exit rates" among SDA youth in Europe motivated her involvement in the study. The three SDA colleges in Europe (located in England, Germany, & France) are working together on this project. A book-form report is scheduled to be published soon. Also, a third Valuegenesis Study is scheduled to launch this October in light of unprecedented losses of Seventh-day Adventist youth in North America. (Source: Adventist News Network) Dennis Fischer | ||
| Flyinglady Registered user Username: Flyinglady Post Number: 8026 Registered: 3-2004  |
I just pray they are leaving for the right reasons. Not just being dissatisfied with adventism. Diana L | ||
| Dennis Registered user Username: Dennis Post Number: 1901 Registered: 4-2000 |
Diana, With information technology being fully in place, SDA students have the effective empowerment to quietly utilize their laptops to find the facts about their belief system. They are no longer limited to merely what offical Adventism wants them to know. For example, a theology student at Southern Adventist University quietly read dozens of sermons by John Piper online. The result was that he was compelled to leave his SDA theological studies. This exciting story is cited in Collin Hansen's book, "A Journalist's Journey with the New Calvinists: Young, Restless, Reformed." Occasionally, I attend Grace Chapel here in Lincoln, Nebraska where several hundred university students worship weekly. It is akin to visiting the fountain of youth for me. To witness hundreds of dedicated, university-age students on fire for God is so absolutely awesome. Dennis Fischer | ||
| Snewbie Registered user Username: Snewbie Post Number: 17 Registered: 2-2010 |
Ya a friend of mine said all the cults are having problems thanks to the internet. | ||
| Bobj Registered user Username: Bobj Post Number: 454 Registered: 1-2006  |
Dennis Praise God for the internet and search engines! Truth has nothing to fear! I am so very thankful to be free. Bob | ||
| Surfy Registered user Username: Surfy Post Number: 637 Registered: 11-2007 |
I remember the first Valuegenesis study when I was just out of college. They hit the problems squarely on the head and even recommended steps to take to remedy the situation. To this day, I don't think anyone has taken any of those steps. They can write as many as they like but it won't do any good. Surfy |
