# Why the youth are leaving and what to do about it

An episode of [Record Live Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1697799491), 23 Apr 2026, 29 min.

Audio: https://media.transistor.fm/4440f7de/90dd02b3.mp3

Pastor Jeff Parker spent many years as a Youth Director for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Australia. He has studied the issues around why young people leave the church as well as ministering to and mentoring young people for much of his career in ministry. We speak to Pastor Jeff about why they leave and what we as a church can do to keep them. #RecordLive Wednesdays 4pm, podcast Friday mornings. https://record.adventistchurch.com/2025/07/17/youth-engagement-the-big-three/ https://record.adventistchurch.com/2026/03/17/youth-engagement-and-there-is-more/

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