Why are some young adults attending church while others are increasingly disconnected—and what can the church do about it?

What factors make someone more likely to attend a house of worship every week? Greg Davis explains a Household Pulse Survey data examining religious attendance among 18- to 45-year-olds, with a particular focus on education and parental status.The statistics show a striking difference between adults without children and those with children, as well as between different levels of educational attainment. Greg considers what may be driving those numbers—from work schedules and life circumstances to marriage, children, and the tendency for parents to become more connected to church once they have kids.But the conversation also raises an important challenge for the church: Are we unintentionally marginalizing people who are less educated, single, or without children? Greg discusses listener feedback and emphasizes the biblical calling for churches to be places for everyone, not simply those who fit traditional measures of success.He also considers the lasting impact of COVID-19 on church attendance and the generation of young people who may have become disconnected from church during those years and never returned.