According to Barna Research Online American teens participate in religious activities at various levels. How do these activities compare with your friends? With you?

Nearly 9 out of 10 (89%) teens pray weekly.

Over half of teens (56%) attend church on a given Sunday.

38% of teens donate some of their own money to a church in a given week.

35% of teens attend Sunday school in a given week.

35% of teens read the Bible each week, not including when they are in church.

More than seven out of ten teens are engaged in some church-related effort in a typical week: attending worship services, Sunday school, a church youth group or a small group.

32% of teens attend youth group, other than a small group or Sunday school, each week.

29% of teens attend a small group each week that meets regularly for Bible study, prayer or Christian fellowship, not including Sunday school or a 12-step group.

18% read from a sacred text other than the Bible in a given week.

This study was conducted in 1999.

Source: http://www.barna.org/cgi-bin/PageCategory.asp?CategoryID=37

Reverend John Eich is the pastor of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Alma, MI.