When I saw pay the wonders close,

listen to the best of the Church's music

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sacred music for the season of l, Lutheran Public Radio.org. Teach your children well.

children well.

Their fathers' hell did slowly go by the

the programs from the late 20th century into the early 21st century that was supposed to

attract and retain our young people in church don't seem to have worked very well. We are still

flailing away a lot of times at youth group. Even more sincere efforts like

teaching the Catechism and Sunday school seem to often be dead ends.

Why is this and why is it so difficult in an age of de-churching to retain our children

in the Christian faith?

What should a congregation do?

Welcome back to issues, etc. I'm Todd Wilkin.

Joining us to talk about retaining children in the Christian faith.

Pastor Cameron Schaefer, he is senior Pastor of Langhorn Presbyterian Church in

Langhorn, Pennsylvania, author of a column for Meir Orthodoxy titled

How Do Our Kids Stay Christian?

Pastor Schaefer, welcome. Thank you.

What is D-Chchurching?

D-Churching is a way of describing the mass exodus that's occurred in the Christian Church primarily from people who grew up in the

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