5. Church
It is the none or casual attendance of church that quickly erodes vibrant faith. If church is treated like an optional extra or a gym membership it becomes just another student consumer choice. Invariably those school leavers who decide to take a holiday from church during the student years rarely go back.
2. Drink
I’d been thinking about this night on and off for the previous few days and all the day before i had a sense of both nervousness and excitement. When it came to the evening and a time when I’d normally be thinking about going to bed, I was instead wide awake and sensing the adrenalin in my body. I was praying with the club mission team at Loughborough, wearing the club mission polo shirt and about to make my second appearance in fresher’s week, 17 years after my first!
As the Church in the UK continues to haemorrhage students and young adults it is time to take a fresh look at the five biggest battlegrounds that contest their faith. If we can identify the battles and prescribe both preventative and remedial action to the massive cultural challenges, rather than just surviving these years we can sow new seeds of revival for the coming decade.
Twenty years ago, to the exact day, I made the journey up the motorway with my dad to come to Loughborough Uni. I arrived feeling daunted, excited and praying hard that I'd meet some other christians who would help me hold onto God through the unknown. I did meet other christians and it's fair to say they changed my life. I really don't know what I would be doing with my life now, if I hadn't met them.
4. Money
3. Sex 
