Treads and LifeWay are part of the publishing arm of the Southern Baptist convention.  But the research is real as are the implications for our ministry.

This is a spiritual temperature check of unchurched young adults in the United States.

The bad news: It seems the younger non-church-going crowd believe our churches are too critical about lifestyle issues, full of hypocrites, and unnecessary for spiritual development.

The good news: These same young adults are willing to not only listen but talk with us about Christianity and Jesus.