Our country has an attendance problem.

Data from an organization called "America's Promise" shows that every 26 seconds, a student in our country drops out of high school. Twenty-six clock ticks go by real fast, much too quickly to thoroughly think through such a decision. The conclusion to quit something so important must come from a seed planted much earlier in life.

A variety of sources indicate that a large majority of Christian students stop attending church after they leave home. Some studies show the number as high as 80 percent. Some characterize this phenomenon as young adults turning away from their faith. Quite a decision many young people make, no doubt another decision that seems unlikely to happen in an instant. Again, the conclusion to quit something so important must start much earlier in life.

School attendance, church attendance—something's wrong. Let's look at solutions.

Attend Church

What if helping kids fall in love with church became a new and high priority for ...