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Keeping Kids Christian Pre-Order!

January 12, 2026 · by Cameron Shaffer · in Uncategorized

I have a new page on my site, which is dedicated to my upcoming book, Keeping Kids Christian!

“This book is a must-read for parents, pastors, and congregations who need help with what it takes to intentionally partner with God’s Spirit to create in children and their families a discipleship that lasts a lifetime. Keeping Kids Christian offers a robust corrective to the viral dechurching of twenty-somethings walking out of the sanctuary and never returning.”

-Robbie Castleman, author of Parenting in the Pew and Story-Shaped Worship

Announcing Keeping Kids Christian: Recovering a Biblical Vision for Lifelong Discipleship! I’m excited about my first book, which is being published by Baker Books, you can find it for pre-order for 40% off with free shipping at BakerBookHouse.Com.

The aim of the book is to provide the church with tools to help end the mass departure of our children from the faith. The rate of deconversions, dechurching, and the rise of the Nones has been significant, and my hope is that Keeping Kids Christians will speak to both the theological and practical aspects of preserving our children in a sincere and living faith.

While I wrote the book from a self-consciously Reformed perspective, it is intended and crafted to be useful to Christians of all denominational traditions. It marries the best of my theological heritage with both the best insights from the most recent sociological research on faith retention and practical experience as a minister and dad. It comes out February 24th; pre-order it today!…

Announcement: How Our Kids Stay Christian, with Baker Books

January 20, 2025 · by Cameron Shaffer · in Uncategorized

I’m excited to announce that my first book will be produced with Baker Publishing Group, and is titled How Our Kids Stay Christian. The manuscript for the book was submitted last week and is scheduled for publication in early 2026. How Our Kids Stay Christian is a full length treatment of the subject matter in my 2024 article of the same name at Mere Orthodoxy.

Secularization of kids is not inevitable, and the church can adjust its approach to children’s ministry to secure the faith of its kids by using what we know from scripture and sociological research. Parental influence is by far and away the biggest the factor in faith retention, and churches should prioritize strengthening that influence appropriately. Incorporation and connection into the intergenerational community of the church are additional pillars for successfully passing along a lifelong faith. How Our Kids Stay Christian puts the best of sociology of religion in conversation with doctrine for practical ministerial application for the life of the church.

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