Tanya’s Reviews > Almost Christian: What the Faith of Our Teenagers is Telling the American Church > Status Update

"Peer groups have their place in ministry, but when churches mimic the age-stratification created by a market-driven culture, discipleship-formation suffers" (p. 152).

"Apart from "being nice," teenagers do not think religion influences their decisions, choice of friends, or behaviors. It does not help them obey God, work toward a common good, compose and identity, or belong to a distinctive community" (Dean, 2010, p. 29).