Why the youth are leaving and what to do about it

About this episode

Pastor Jeff Parker discusses the reasons why youth leave the church and strategies to retain them.

Pastor Jeff Parker spent many years as a Youth Director for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Australia. He has studied the issues around why young people leave the church as well as ministering to and mentoring young people for much of his career in ministry. We speak to Pastor Jeff about why they leave and what we as a church can do to keep them. #RecordLive Wednesdays 4pm, podcast Friday mornings. https://record.adventistchurch.com/2025/07/17/youth-engagement-the-big-three/ https://record.adventistchurch.com/2026/03/17/youth-engagement-and-there-is-more/

People in this episode

Host: Adventist Record

Guest: Pastor Jeff Parker

Topics covered

• youth engagement
• church retention
• mentoring
• youth ministry
• spirituality

Keywords

• youth
• church
• retention
• mentoring
• spirituality
• Seventh-day Adventist

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Seventh-day Adventist Church, Adventist Record

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