Read a Jan. 17, 2009 Washington Times article about the incorporation of music into Sunday school programs in order to engage and reach out to the younger generations.

Read an Oct. 17, 2012 Huffington Post article about the importance of giving children the tools and information on multiple religions in order to give them the “baggage” for later analysis and understanding.

Read a May 15, 2011 Huffington Post article that says that most people renounce their childhood religion before the age of 24, which means that teaching religion to the younger generations is as important as ever.

Read a Sept. 26, 2011 article about the growing distance between the new generations and religion, despite the fact that over 72 percent of Millennials consider themselves “more spiritual than religious,” according to a LifeWay Christian Resources survey.

Read a Jan. 31, 2013 Religious News Service article about the Vatican culture ministry’s fear that the younger generations are not fully understood by the Catholic Church.

Sociologist Michael Emerson and a team of researchers at Rice University conducted a national study on multiracial Protestant and Catholic denominations. They found that more than 9 in 10 U.S. churches remain segregated. They analyzed 20 multiracial congregations in the U.S. and identified seven models for how those ethnically diverse congregations came to be.

Winston E. Gooden is the dean of the School of Psychology at the Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, Calif., as well as a professor in the school.

The Rev. Derrick Harkins is the national director of interfaith outreach for the Democratic National Committee. He also serves as senior vice president for innovations in public programming at Union Theological Seminary in New York City.

The Rev. Bill Calhoun is a parish associate at Wellshire Presbyterian Church in Denver.