66 percent of young adults who attended a Protestant church as a teen say they dropped out for at least a year of more between the ages of 18 and 22.
"Some of (the problem) is logistical," said Scott McConnell, the executive director of the Southern Baptist Convention's LifeWay Research group. "Things like moving away to college and they stop attending church because of that. Others because of work responsibilities, and some were related to their relationship with the church."
McConnell says they perceived church members as either too judgemental or hypocritical. Others disagreed with political and social stances the church was taking, while some just didn't feel connected with the rest of the congregation.
Among those who dropped out, 31-percent returned -- and are now once again regularly attending church services.