From the Government of Australia in their report entitled, “The State of Young People in Australia”:
“An overall assessment of the importance of religion of 3.2 (out of 10) masks considerable variation between young people depending on which religion they belong to. Figure 10.3 shows the average score of the importance of religion for 15–24-year-olds across a selection of different religious affiliations. About half the young people who stated a religious affiliation were either Anglican or Catholic, and that explains why the overall rating of the importance of religion is so low – both those denominations recorded very low levels of importance. For some young people, however, religion is very important. Young Jehovah’s Witnesses and young Muslims both regarded religion as very important (often the most important thing in their lives). These young people represent a significant minority among Australia’s youth. An additional group of young people with a very high score were those affiliated with the Salvation Army (9 out of 10), but they also represented a very small group.” page 89
This is a great report for us.
1 Timothy 1:12Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.
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That's sensational that The Salvation Army rates a mention – given our size – and that young salvos are so passionate about the place of faith in their life! What a great signal for our future – a positive, motivated, Jesus loving fighting force. God give us the wisdom to encourage and empower them!
Great.
Although we are few I have no doubt also about the passion and commitment of our young Salvationists. Great Report!