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Seminary President Explains Why More Young Men Are Religious

For the first time in recorded history, statistics indicate that more young men are attending religious services than young women, according to R. Albert Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. 

The Heritage Foundation hosted Mohler on May 26 to deliver a talk titled “Young Men Turning to Religion.” Mohler discussed the cultural and theological reasons behind the rising numbers of young men who go to church and want to get married and have a family.

While “mainline Protestantism” has embraced woke and liberal movements and consequently has received less attention and lower church attendance, Mohler noted that denominations that uphold “thick Christianity” and orthodox beliefs are seeing an increase in the attendance of young men aged 18 to 29. 

“Young men are going in three primary directions, which I think are understandable,” Mohler argued. “Those primary directions are Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism, and Confessional........

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