Open AccessEmpirical Research on the Downturn in Church Attendance in Australia: The youth without Religion
Author(s) -
Ransford Kwabena. Awuku-Gyampoh,
Justina Sarpong Akoto,
Catherine Ocran,
Bah Formijang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of social science and economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2766-5127
pISSN - 2766-5119
DOI - 10.22158/ijsse.v1n2p6
Subject(s) - church attendance , attendance , evangelism , hospitality , settlement (finance) , government (linguistics) , political science , welfare , recession , sociology , media studies , religiosity , gender studies , law , business , tourism , linguistics , philosophy , finance , payment , economics , keynesian economics
The church has played a significant role in the lives of Australia’s people since the European settlement. It used to provide several welfare services such as educational, health, and orphanages, even more than the government. Australian churches played a significant role in shaping the culture of Australians. Australia was the only country with no newspaper on Sunday as they kept Sunday as a regular holiday and kept everything closed. Indeed, for Australia’s farmers, religion was so important that they decided to remain clear of their religion and, in 1901, to lead up the Federation. As the years passed, church attendance reduced, and others chose no religion. Few considered religion as least important, resulting in an overall decline in Australia’s churches. The paper reiterated the downturn in church attendance in Australia, found reasons for the downturn, and how the youth can be driven to attend the church. Innovation, discipleship, evangelism, oneness, care, hospitality, service to the community, and social media presence were discovered to be strategies for motivating the younger generation, first-time worshippers and new converts to the church.