Evangelist, Shane Pruitt, has worked with young people and their families for years. From his experience and research, he came up with what he calls a “4 Generation Fade” that every family should be aware of as they set the priorities for their families. It goes like this.
Generation 1: Parents don’t make church a high priority for their kids.
Generation 2: Those kids grow up and make church less of a priority for their kids.
Generation 3: Those kids grow up and make church no priority for their kids.
Generation 4: Those kids grow up without a biblical knowledge of God.
If generation 1 knew what kind of potential trajectory they were setting the following generations up for, they would have changed their priorities.
While we all know that there are exceptions to the rule, Pruitt’s “4 Generation Fade” is an important paradigm for families to think through as they set their families’ priorities.
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