Monthly column on student work
I recently heard quoted at a conference that a staggering 90% of students involved in Christian Unions leave the Christian faith after finishing university. I expect we have all heard a variation on this, even though research into such urban myths has proved they are unfounded, or even the exact opposite of the truth.
Emma Carswell
Still, the fact remains that some Christian graduates do walk out on Christ post-graduation. And the Parable of the Sower tells us to expect this. As graduates enter the workplace, wealth and worry hit the agenda and can knock them off track, or as Mark 4 puts it: 'the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful'. It's not exclusive to young graduates, but the transition from university to work is a particularly vulnerable time.
