(ChurchLeaders) Parents and teens in the U.S. generally share the same faith (or lack thereof), a new study published by Pew Research finds. While the study results may not be surprising, at least one point is interesting: Teens raised in evangelical households are more likely to identify with the faith of their parents than their mainline Protestants peers.
Eight out of ten teens raised in Catholic and evangelical Christian homes identify with the faith of their parents, Pew’s study found. However, fewer mainline Protestant teens (55 percent compared to 80 percent) identify the same way as the parents who raised them. Additionally, teens raised by mainline parents were more likely than other Christian faiths to identify as religiously unaffiliated (24 percent).