What is Sticky Faith?
A powerful strategy to show parents and ministry leaders how to actively encourage their young people’s spiritual growth so that it will stick with them into adulthood and empower them to develop a living, lasting faith.
Giving seniors a “graduation Bible” and hoping for the best just isn't cutting it. Roughly 50% of students walk away from the church after they graduate high school. That’s the bad news. But here’s the good news: research shows that parents are one of the primary influences on their child’s faith.
Sticky Faith is an innovative, research-based, and extensively field-tested movement designed to equip parents and ministry leaders with insights and ideas for nurturing long-term faith in children and young people. Because of the Fuller Youth Institute’s six years of research with more than 500 young people, 100 churches, and 50 families, our Sticky Faith resources are a “must have” for churches and families eager to point their young people toward long-term faith.
It’s never too early or too late to start developing faith that continues to grow and lasts. Sticky Faith resources offer a theological framework along with a host of practical relationship and programming ideas that develop long-term faith in teenagers.
Sticky Faith Resources
The following books and films are designed to help you implement our Sticky Faith insights in your ministry and home.
What creates Sticky Faith?
Intergenerational Relationships
Despite the age segregation that exists in our churches and broader culture, each young person is greatly benefited when surrounded by a team of five adults. We call this the new 5:1 ratio.
Whole Gospel
Many young people see faith like a jacket: something they can put on or take off based on their behavior. We seek to help students develop a more robust understanding of the gospel, one that integrates faith into all aspects of life.
Partnership with Families
Research demonstrates that parents are the #1 influencers when it comes to spirituality in young people—yes, even teenagers. We help leaders develop new ways to partner with parents, empowering them to nurture faith in their families.
A Safe Place for Doubt
Doubt is not toxic to faith; silence is. Young people want conversations in response to their hardest questions, not just answers. We offer tools and training for these discussions that deepen the faith of everyone involved.
Articles and Blog Posts
To get you started with Sticky Faith right now
We believe no parent should go it alone.
Our Growing With Small Group Discussion Guide creates a welcoming space for parents and stepparents of teenagers and young adults to reflect, talk, and grow with one another on the parenting journey as you grow with your kids. This 100-page guide will take your small group on an 8-week journey as you read Growing With together.
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