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About the Author<\/h5>\n
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John Gee has a BA from Brigham Young University (1988) and an MA from the University of California at Berkeley (1991). His PhD is from Yale University (1998). A research professor at Brigham Young University since 1998, Gee is currently the William (Bill) Gay Research Professor in the Department of Asian and Near Eastern Languages at Brigham Young University.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

-This book is out of print. A limited number of books are now available; when they’re gone, they’re gone –<\/em><\/p>\n

In recent years, a number of stories have been circulating claiming that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is losing youth in droves. This notion contradicts a 2005 study, cited by President Gordon B. Hinckley in a general conference address, that showed that Latter-day Saint youth know more about their faith and show greater commitment to its teachings, particularly when it comes to social behavior, than do their peers.<\/p>\n

These dismal accounts of the youth fleeing the Church are usually based on anecdotes rather than on data. Large-scale, well-structured studies give more reason for hope. This book\u2014for parents, leaders, and others interested in youth and young adults\u2014discusses the studies and identifies factors that lead youth away from faith as well as those practices that protect, sustain, and encourage faith. On the bright side, parents are probably already doing a number of things that encourage faith in their youth. Close examination shows that weekly church attendance, daily prayer, frequent scripture study, and avoiding sexual activity outside of marriage make a difference in maintaining and preserving faith, confirming what scriptures and leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have advised for many years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":47620,"template":"","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_eb_attr":"","inline_featured_image":false},"product_brand":[35],"product_cat":[78],"product_tag":[1084],"class_list":{"0":"post-47619","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_brand-deseret-book","7":"product_cat-lds-beliefs","8":"product_tag-202204inventoryconfirmed","9":"product_shipping_class-united-states","10":"pa_writer-gee-john","12":"first","13":"outofstock","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\nSaving Faith: How Families Protect, Sustain, and Encourage Faith - FAIR Bookstore<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\/store\/product\/saving-faith-how-families-protect-sustain-and-encourage-faith\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Saving Faith: How Families Protect, Sustain, and Encourage Faith - FAIR Bookstore\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"-This book is out of print. 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