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INTRODUCTION Right now, teenagers make up 11% of the global population1. For every 10 humans on the planet, there is 1 teenager making the transition from childhood to adulthood. This 1-in-10 teenager is navigating puberty, encountering social awkwardness, experimenting, and making mistakes, all while starting to envision their future self. We know the teenage years are tough, and one of the things we wondered about was their faith journey during these years. So we sent out an online survey to 13-19 year olds around the world. 1 United Nations Population Division, Total Population Database, https://population.un.org/wpp/ DataQuery/ Accessed August 2020. 20 Countries 14 Languages 8,394 Digitally Ages 70 Item Connected Teens 13-19 Survey Africa: Asia: Eurasia: Latin America: North America: Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa (1,275 teens surveyed) China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Vietnam (2,100 teens surveyed) Egypt, The Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain, The United Kingdom (2,936 teens surveyed) Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico (1,673 teens surveyed) United States (410 teens surveyed) 3