Do Nine Out of Ten Churched Students Actually Drop Out of Church after High School?

I was reminded a few weeks ago of a persistent and unhelpful myth that’s still circulating

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A couple of weeks ago, I spoke at the D6 Northwest family ministry conference. While I was there, I asked a group of forty or so participants in a breakout session how many students dropped out of church after high school—and their answers reminded me of the stubborn persistence of the myth that 9 out of 10 youth group partic…