They are disappointed that the churches do not have many youth programs. Research today shows that many more young people want the chance to be a Scout than have the opportunity.
Families often find a warm and friendly church home where their children are involved in Scouting.
Scouting provides an attractive, year-round program of activities and outdoor education with concerned and caring leadership under the supervision of the church. Single-parent families find Scouting provides for a unique need. Leaders have more than twelve times as much contact with young people as does a Sunday school teacher. Leaders-have the responsibility and opportunity to help young people recognize and fulfill their responsibility to God and , to country, to others, and self. Leaders have the opportunity to promote spiritual development of youth.