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Parents remain key to helping children build lasting faith
By Katey Hearth at Mission Network News
· June 10, 2026
· 2 min read
USA (MNN) — Proverbs 22:6 says, “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” A 2025 Pew Research Center survey found that only 25 percent of parents regularly talk to their kids about religion. Greg Yoder of Keys for Kids Ministries calls it a missed op
Key takeaway “If we don't teach our kids [why we believe what we believe], by the time they're 18, they're walking out the door, and they're not heading back to church,” Yoder says.
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Category: missions ·
Published: June 10, 2026 ·
Source: Mission Network News ·
Reading time: 2 min
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