Appendix E - About

About Barna Group

BARNA GROUP is a research firm dedicated to providing actionable insights on faith and culture, with a particular focus on the Christian church. In its 30year history, Barna has conducted more than one million interviews in the course of hundreds of studies, and has become a go-to source for organisations that want to better understand a complex and changing world from a faith perspective.

Barna’s clients and partners include a broad range of academic institutions, churches, nonprofits and businesses, such as Alpha, the Templeton Foundation, Fuller Seminary, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Maclellan Foundation, DreamWorks Animation, Focus Features, Habitat for Humanity, The Navigators, NBC-Universal, the ONE Campaign, Paramount Pictures, the Salvation Army, Walden Media, Sony and World Vision. The firm’s studies are frequently quoted by major media outlets such as The Economist, BBC, CNN, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, Fox News, Huffington Post, The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times.

www.Barna.com

About Christ in Youth

CHRIST IN YOUTH (CIY) has spent more than 40 years calling students and leaders to boldly live for Christ through the hope of the gospel message and a call to Kingdom action. In partnership with the local church, CIY reaches more than 65,000 students and adult leaders by way of more than 100 events across the United States and in more than 10 foreign countries. Within the next decade, CIY estimates more than one million students and leaders will be impacted worldwide through its programmes, curriculum and resources. As an innovative voice in student ministry, the organisation’s programmes are directed toward enhancing the spiritual formation of students, in an effort to help young generations respond in faith and in service to the call of Christ. CIY’s partnership on this research study, intended as a resource for the Church and other youth ministry organisations in Ireland, is part of a broader focus to work alongside local churches in Europe.

www.CIY.com