{"id":8777,"date":"2012-03-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/2012\/03\/27\/ur-video-skye-jethani-on-mass-exit-from-church\/"},"modified":"2012-03-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-03-27T00:00:00","slug":"ur-video-skye-jethani-on-mass-exit-from-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/content\/ur-video-skye-jethani-on-mass-exit-from-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Ur Video: Skye Jethani on the Mass Exit From Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In January, Skye spoke at the Lumen conference at Mariners Church in California about the exodus of young people from our churches. Rather than focusing on the sociological data, he used his time to talk about how the way we understand the gospel may actually be inoculating young people to genuine faith.<\/p><p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n                                https:\/\/vimeo.com\/37904290<\/div><\/figure><\/p><p>When the church presents a less than biblical understanding of how to relate to God, it leaves young people with a powerless form of Christianity predicated on fear and control. When this way of life proves ineffective, they may abandon both their faith in Christ and the church. So, our first job is to get the gospel right. Check out the talk and the brief Q&#038;A afterward. Much of the content is based on his book, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Reimagining-Way-You-Relate-God\/dp\/1595553797\/ref=pd_sim_b_1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">WITH<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In January, Skye spoke at the Lumen conference at Mariners Church in California about the exodus of young people from our churches. 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