{"product_id":"growing-up-christian-john-p-bowen-9781573834315","title":"Growing Up Christian: Why Young People Stay in Church, Leave Church, and (Sometimes) Come Back to Church","description":"Young people who grow up in church seem to offer great potential for the future of Christianity. Yet often that potential goes unfulfilled. Some give up on Christian faith altogether. Many more give up on church. Others persevere with both faith and church. And yet others return after a time away. So what makes the difference? \u003cbr\u003e John Bowen suggests some of the answers to such questions. He has surveyed several hundred young people who \"grew up Christian,\" and retells their stories about how growing up and leaving home affected their faith-stories that are often poignant, sometimes hilarious, and always insightful. \u003cbr\u003e This book offers helpful lessons for pastors, youth workers and parents who want to know how to help their young people to stay in church and in faith. What kind of church--and what kind of Christianity--do young people want and need? And can the existing church provide it? \u003cbr\u003e John P. Bowen is Associate Professor of Evangelism at Wycliffe College, University of Toronto, and Director of the Wycliffe College Institute of Evangelism. His other books include \"Evangelism for Normal People\" and \"The Spirituality of Narnia: The Deeper Magic of C. S. Lewis.\"\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John P. Bowen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1573834319\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781573834315\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Regent College Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.46d","brand":"John P. Bowen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939717873919,"sku":"9781573834315","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_8d401488-038c-449f-876e-991ec697f85a.jpg?v=1681443096","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/growing-up-christian-john-p-bowen-9781573834315","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}