People who are spiritually disillusioned are probably the hardest to help. To help them we must firstly be more open and honest about ourselves and our Christian experience - we must stop pretending and start telling the truth. It is okay to share about our weaknesses and struggles - in fact it is essential. Second, we must support this honesty policy by incarnating God's truth and love in authentic Christian lives. We have to demonstrate that the gospel works by translating it into words and actions.
People leave because other things in life become more important that their faith .
They slowly drift away preoccupied by business, pleasure, material ambitions, personal problems or other hard realities that are part of life. There are so many temptations around that can lead young people away from the faith. Leaders need to provide spiritual safe havens where youth can find refuge from the attraction of the world but also a context in which they are strengthened to deal with the distractions of life. Also leaders need to teach youth about God and the realities of the spiritual world around them. People leave because they never personally owned their own faith .