David Kinnaman

David Kinnaman is the President of the Barna Group. David has designed and analyzed a wide range of projects for a variety of churches, parachurch organizations and for-profit clients. As a spokesperson for the firm’s research, he is frequently quoted in major media outlets. He also speaks and writes about new models of church experience, the profile of young leaders, and generational changes. In 2007, Kinnaman released his first book, unChristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks About Christianity…and Why It Matters.

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The Rise of Exiles

How do you train up a child in the way he should go when his cultural paths are constantly shifting? After spending 5 years researching the generation just coming of age, David Kinnaman has discovered three patterns of how young people are relating to faith as they make their own way in the world. One group in particular—the exiles—demands our special attention because they will define the faith for years to come.

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Unchristian: Change the Perception

The research shows that Christians are best known for what they are against. They are perceived as being judgmental, antihomosexual, and too political. And young people are quick to point out they believe that Christianity is no longer as Jesus intended. It is unChristian. David Kinnaman and Gabe Lyons, along with more than two dozen leading voices within Christianity, unpack the major criticisms leveled against Christians.

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Unchristian

Christianity has an image problem. Christians are supposed to represent Christ to the world. But according to the latest report card, something has gone terribly wrong. Using descriptions like "hypocritical," "insensitive," and "judgmental," young Americans share an impression of Christians that's nothing short of, unChristian. Groundbreaking research into the perceptions of sixteen- to twenty-nine-year-olds reveals that Christians have taken several giant steps backward.

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Prodigals, Nomads, and Exiles

No previous generation has experienced such dramatic, compounded cultural change. As a result, millions are cutting their connection to church and their faith during their young adult years. Kinnaman describes the three types of spiritual journeys that young people take, how their anti-institutional mindset is different than that of young adults in the past and how organizations and churches could respond effectively to today’s prodigals, nomads and exiles.

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Unchristian

Groundbreaking research into the perceptions of 16 to 29-year-old non-Christians reveals that Christians have taken several giant steps backward in one of their most important assignments. Christians are supposed to represent Christ to the world. Young Americans share an impression of Christians that’s nothing short of unChristian.

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