The Spiritual Influence of Moms

Here's how several elementary school students answered the following questions about moms:

Why did God make mothers? • She's the only one who knows where the Scotch tape is. • Mostly to clean the house. • To help us out of there when we were getting born.

How did God make mothers? • He used dirt, just like for the rest of us. • God made my mom just the same like he made me. He just used bigger parts.

What ingredients are mothers made of? • God makes mothers out of clouds and angel hair and everything nice in the world. . .and one dab of mean. • They had to get their start from men's bones. Then they mostly use string, I think.

Why did God give you your mother and not some other mom? • We're related. • God knew she likes me a lot more than other people's moms like me.

In an article titled “Mothers of the Faith” the editor of CT magazine writes…

“The vast majority of American Christians were raised in the faith—and most can point to the influence of their moms. In a 2023 study, the American Bible Society found that a majority of believers remain in the same religious tradition as their mothers.
This agrees with a large body of mainstream social science research dating back to the 1970s that says the active faith of mothers is a strong predictor of religious transmission. Some of this may be attributed to the natural bond children have with their mothers. But there is also research that shows that moms take a more active role in faith formation in America.

For every ¬100 Americans raised by Protestant mothers:

99% of Christian teenagers talk about God with their mothers

71% of Christian teenagers read the Bible with their mothers

70% of Christian teenagers pray with their mothers

63% of Christian teenagers say their mothers encourage them to go to church

62% share the same faith tradition as adults

19% have no religion

11% joined another Christian tradition

4% are now Catholic

4% are other”

THANKS, MOMS!

And remember, God is always trying to take us someplace new. I love being your Pastor!

For God’s Glory Alone,

Pastor Ray

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