How to Stay Connected Overseas

A poem from former Springtide intern, Norhan When I was 9, I told Baba I figured it out: “I know how to stay in touch with you when you’re in America without you spending any money!” His look of curiosity encouraged his words to escape his lips: “Keef?” How? My small

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Spiritual? Religious? Nothing in Particular?

How Springtide thinks about describing the inner life There’s a lot of jargon floating around when it comes to the inner lives of young people, especially as new expressions of spirituality and faith emerge. In the complexities of our data alone, we have to hold some of these tensions: Spiritual

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The State of Religion and Young People 2021

A Sneak Peek of Our Next Report . . .

Welcome to a sneak peek (!) of The State of Religion & Young People 2021: Navigating Uncertainty. This report will be available in print and as a digital download in mid-October, and you can be the first to see it by signing up. Here’s how it begins… Welcome! This is

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In the News: How Gen Z Will Shape the Church

Springtide Research Institute was recently featured by Relevant Magazine. This article, How Gen Z Will Shape the Church is reprinted in part below, but we encourage you to visit their site to read the piece in its entirety. From a purely mathematical standpoint, the Church has reason to be concerned about

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