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Endnotes 1 Stillman, J. (2025, October 21). A 25-year study of super-agers found they all have this 1 behavior in common. Inc.com. 2 2025 year-end insights: 4 family trends from Barna’s research. Barna Group. (2025, Decem ber 16). 3 Mangiaracina, E. (2025, December 17). Nearly 40% of women suffer severe grief for years after abortion, miscarriage: Study. LifeSite. 4 Fry, R. (2025, December 4). A smaller share of older U.S. adults live alone today than in 1990. Pew Research Center. 5 New Barna data on marriage and divorce trends. Barna Group. (2025, November 12). 6 Ungar, L. (2025, November 25). More people are addicted to marijuana, but fewer of them are seeking help, experts say. AP News. 7 Allen, M. (2025, November 20). Charted: Gen Z’s marriage divide. Axios AM newsletters. 8 Leake, L. (2025, October 8). Your “sleep profile” sheds light on health, lifestyle and cognition, new study shows. NBCNews.com. 9 Frieden, T. (2025, October 10). The simple steps that can prevent dementia. The Wall Street Journal. 10 Gen Z women struggle with Christian faith and community . Barna Group. (2025, October 14). 11 Henderson, T. (2025, October 2). Suicide claims more Gen Z lives than previous genera tion. Stateline. 12 Closson, D. (2025, October 30). Hope and hesitation: What the 2025 CBW report reveals about the church’s Worldview (Part 2). The Washington Stand. 13 New Barna data on marriage and divorce trends. Barna Group. (2025, November 12). 14 Johnson, B. (2024, September 10). Attending church regularly will lengthen your life more than diet, exercise: Longevity expert. The Wash ington Stand. 15 Yarnell, III, M.B. (2025, November 3). Iden tifying the crisis in evangelical theology today . Lifeway Research. 16 Hildreth, S. (2025, November 19). What the state of the Bible means for evangelism in Ameri ca . Lifeway Research. 17 Van Maren, J. (2025, November 20). Girls are less interested in getting married than boys. Here’s why . LifeSite. 18 Gen Z women struggle with Christian faith and community . Barna Group. (2025, October 14). 19 Gen Z women struggle with Christian faith and community . Barna Group. (2025, October 14). 20 Williams, C. (2025, December 8). If you want that tattoo erased it’s going to hurt and it’s going to cost you. AP News . 21 Hays, J. (2025, October 16). 8 facts about di vorce in the United States. Pew Research Center.

FAST FACTS:

n In 2025, 25% of U.S. adults

younger teen girls. Support from mothers also declines with age: just 36% of young adult women feel supported by their mothers, down from 74% among teen girls. 18 n Only 32% of young women feel that their parents understand them, and just 33% say they feel valued by older adults. 19 n A 2023 Pew Research study found that 32% of U.S. adults have tat toos, with roughly 22% having more than one. The most com mon reason for getting a first tattoo is to honor or remember someone or something, though about 24% of tattooed adults ex press regret over getting one. 20 n Approximately four in 10 U.S. di vorces occur within the first 10 years of marriage, while near ly one in four happen after 25 years. The median duration of marriages ending in divorce has increased slightly over time, ris ing from 10 years in 2008 to 12 years in 2023. 21 ;

surveyed defined success as “consistent obedience to God,” marking a 14-point decline from 2023. 12 n Among Christians who have ex perienced divorce, 58% report having remarried. As a result, Christians are more likely than members of other faith groups to be married, whether in their first or subsequent marriages. 13 n A 2020 Harvard study found that women who attend church at least once a week have a 68% lower risk of dying from a death of despair compared with non-attendees, while frequent churchgoing men reduce their risk by about one-third. 14 n A majority of American evan gelicals (53%) agree with the statement, “The Holy Spirit is a force but is not a personal being,” which is considered heretical. 15 n Fifty-one percent of Americans say they wish they read the Bible more, while only 25% report read ing it once a week or more. 16 n Dr. Brad Wilcox, author of the 2023 book, Get Married , says, “Married mothers have 10 times the assets in midlife, are half as lonely, and nearly twice as likely to be ‘very happy’ compared to single, childless women.” 17 n Only 23% of young adult women report feeling supported by their fathers, compared with 47% of

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