Is Gen Z Really Going Back to Church? — The Composition Effect Explains What the Headlines Miss

Generational futurist Ryan Vet cuts through the Easter headlines: Gen Z isn’t experiencing a religious revival — the data reveals something far more nuanced, and far more important for leaders and parents to understand. Every spring, mainstream media runs the same story: Gen Z is returning to church. But applying the Composition Effect and the Generational Prism, what’s actually happening is a structural shift, not a spiritual surge. Fewer young adults are engaging with institutional religion…