2. Higher parent–child relationship quality in childhood is associated with stronger retention of religious belief and practice in adulthood.
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1. How Parents Can Help Their Kids Build a Faith That Lasts
2. Higher parent–child relationship quality in childhood is associated with stronger retention of religious belief and practice in adulthood.
Role Models for Faith: How Families and Churches Can Sustain Faith Across Generations
New Report: How Parents Can Help Their Kids Build a Faith That Lasts
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1. Our findings suggest that if faith transmission from parents to children is to remain viable, efforts must focus on equipping both families and churches with practical tools and guidance.
2. By centering families and supporting them intentionally, church communities can better address the decline of Christianity and sustain faith across generations.
2. “I wanted to have a Christian family”: Affinities Between Religiosity ...
While among Catholics, we found a deep appreciation of intergenerational solidarity with a matrifocal bias, with a secondary importance on the marital relationship; among Evangelicals, we observed a strong conjugality and relative relegation of intergenerational relationships.
Int J Lat Am Relig.
2023 Jun 8:1–28.
Online ahead of print.
doi: 10.1007/s41603-023-00202-z
“I wanted to have a Christian family”: Affinities Between Religiosity and Family Styles Among Catholics and Evangelicals in a Low-Income Neighborhood in Santiago
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This article explores the relationship between religiosity—as experiential and practical religious involvement—and family styles—as
3. Passing the - ifstudies.org
Higher parent–child relationship quality in childhood is associated with stronger retention of religious belief and practice in adulthood.
Research consistently shows that families are the single most important factor 5 in whether children adopt and maintain faith into adulthood.
Congregational programs, clergy leadership, and peer networks matter as well, but they are most effective when reinforced
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Using data on American adults aged 25+ who were raised in a Christian faith, we examine how parents most effectively transmit faith to their children.
Consistent with past research, we show:
Religious practice in childhood is highly predictive of religious practice in adulthood.
4. A qualitative inquiry into Christian faith transmission in the ...
The 26 case study Christian families revealed fascinating inferences, including that faith discussion in the home is a more significant influence on a child's faith than church attendance, Bible reading or family prayer time.
Full article: A qualitative inquiry into Christian faith transmission in the family context
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A qualitative inquiry into Christian faith transmission in the family context
Pages 604-617 | Received 06 Dec 2022, Accepted 21 Feb 2023, Published online: 15 Mar 2023
These empirical findings contribute to knowledge regarding Christian faith transmission in the family context, where assumptions ar
5. Research finds parents play decisive role in children's religious future
According to the report, children whose parents regularly attended church, prayed consistently in front of them, spoke openly about their faith, and fostered strong family relationships were significantly more likely to remain active Christians as adults.
Research finds parents play decisive role in children’s religious future
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The Institute for Family Studies and Communioʼs study suggests the most influential ministry is at the family dinner table, bedtime prayers, and the everyday witness of a home centered on Christ.
Parental practice is the strongest predictor of whether children remain Christian as adults, a study found.
The study, “Passing the Torch: How Faith Moves Across Gener
6. Pew Found 58% of Christian Parents Pray or Read Scripture With Their Children—Why Deuteronomy 6 Suggests Faith Was Always Meant to Be Taught in Ordinary Moments, Not Just on Sunday Morning Pew Research Center report on religion and child-rearing - NewsBreak
A Pew Research Center report published in February 2025 found that 58% of Christian parents living with minor children say they pray or read Scripture with their children.
Pew Found 58% of Christian Parents Pray or Read Scripture With Their Children—Why Deuteronomy 6 Suggests Faith Was Always Meant to Be Taught in Ordinary Moments, Not Just on Sunday Morning Pew Research Center report on religion and child-rearing - NewsBreak
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The finding suggests that shared religious practices remain part of