Cross-Denominational Retention — Who's Keeping Their Youth and Why?

How do Adventist youth retention rates compare to other Christian denominations and what best practices can be adapted?

in reviewEvidence B · 73/100high confidence

Executive summary

Adventist youth retention challenges occur within a broader landscape of denominational retention and loss across Western Christianity. The Pew Research Center's 2023–24 Religious Landscape Study (36,908 US adults) and December 2025 follow-up survey (8,937 adults) now provide the most comprehensive retention data ever collected, revealing that **35% of US adults have switched religion since childhood** and Christianity loses six people for every one it gains (Pew, 2025a).

Evidence trail

Sources

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fulleryouthinstitute.org
2
prri.org
3
readytoharvest.substack.com

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adventistresearch.info

deseret.com

foundations.byu.edu

pcusa.org

religionunplugged.com

pewresearch.org

news.northeastern.edu

journals.uchicago.edu

catholicworldreport.com

reporter.lcms.org

biblesociety.org.uk

journalofadventisteducation.org

americansurveycenter.org

documents.adventistarchives.org

religionunplugged.com

Record details

Evidence score: 73/100
Sources: 32
Words: 4,074
Created: 2026-03-03

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