Revolutionary Parenting by George Barna

Definition of Spiritual Champion: An individual who has embraced Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord, accepts the Bible as truth and the guideline for life, seeks to live in obedience to its principles and in search of ways to continually deepen their relationship with God. Spiritual Champions live in ways that are noticeably different from the norm - even when compared to the average churchgoer.

The Research:

• The following have no correlation to the spiritual development of a child.

1. Household income level
2. Parent education
3. Age of parents
4. Ethnicity
5. Parental Career

• High correlations were found between the following items and spiritual development.

1. Married parents
2. Smaller family size
3. Single income household
4. Engaging in faith activities

• Parents are likely to
  

1. schedule greater amount of time with children each day
2. identify their children as main earthly focus in life during their parenting years
3. create measurable parenting goals