A survey carried out by Dave Cornes, youth evangelist with Christianity Explored Ministries, suggests young people prioritise emotions rather than evidence in faith.
The questionnaire was returned by 30 youth workers and some of their young people. Cornes said: ‘Young people are thinking less rationally and are driven more by their emotions. Their questions are less about evidence and more about meaning and purpose.’
‘There also seems to be some disparity between youth workers’ understanding of what is important to young people and what young people say. When asked ‘what is most important to you’, the most popular answers among young people were ‘family’ and ‘happiness’, but 76.7% of youth workers said the most important value for young people would be ‘acceptance’ – which only 30% of the young people in the survey rated most highly.’
