A new study by Youthscape revealed ‘churches are losing confidence in their ability to deliver quality youth work.’ The report, launched at Lambeth Palace on Wednesday, shows that many churches across the country are failing even to offer a youth work service, and those who do are concerned about its effectiveness. Common answers to the question ‘what's going well in your youth work?’ were ‘not a lot’, ‘nothing’, and ‘it does not do so well’. There is a disparity between what young people want to engage with and what the church is actually doing. Two-thirds of churches never discuss pornography or sexuality, while over half never discuss mental health, even though a separate survey of teenagers suggests that these are topics which they are highly interested in talking about. Pray for the fear to be removed from looking at issues around sex and sexuality.