Church Attendance Boosts Student GPAs

Here's an interesting article about a study published in the winter 2008 issue of the Sociological Quarterly.

Church Attendance Boosts Student GPAs

The article says "If you want to boost your teenager's grade point average, take the kid to church."

"Students who attend religious services weekly average a GPA .144 higher than those who never attend services, said Jennifer Glanville, a sociologist at the University of Iowa."

"The study ... identifies several reasons the students do better:

• They have regular contact with adults from various generations who serve as role models.
• Their parents are more likely to communicate with their friends' parents.
• They develop friendships with peers who have similar norms and values.
• They're more likely to participate in extracurricular activities."

"Kids who attended church were also more likely to have friends with higher GPAs who skipped school less often, Glanville said."

Read the article here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080819/sc_livescience/churchattendanceboostsstudentgpas

Secondhand Witnessing

Christianity Today sent me an email promoting a piece titled Secondhand Witnessing by Holly Vicente Robaina.

The email made this interesting comment "the desire to share our faith through Christian paraphernalia often comes from a good place: we want others to experience the difference Jesus can make in their lives. But this approach may do just the opposite, repel rather than invite conversation."

Read the entire blogpost at Walk With Me - A Today's Christian Woman Blog.