Vice President JD Vance says he did not walk away from Christianity because of one dramatic crisis. He says his faith slowly faded because it was never deeply rooted.
Vance said his grandmother, who helped raise him, was a woman of prayer and deep faith. But even with that influence, he said he was never strongly formed in a church community. “I wasn’t properly formed in my faith,” he said, adding that he attended church “off and on” but was not surrounded by a strong network of believers.
The people around him also shaped his spiritual drift. “I, unfortunately, had a lot of friends who were not people of faith,” Vance said. Without Christian friendships to support him, he admitted, “I kind of just lost it.”
Now reflecting on his return to Christianity in his upcoming memoir Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith, Vance says many young people face the same danger. Without real formation, faithful friends, and a strong church community, faith can become “easy to discard.” His message is a reminder that Christian community is not optional. It can be the difference between drifting away and standing firm.
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