Jana Riess: U.S. Gen Zers and millennials are indeed leaving the LDS Church. The numbers show it.

Church leaders have said it is merely a “narrative” that more young adults are leaving the faith. But in the U.S., at least, it’s a narrative driven by data.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Young Latter-day Saints attend a Together in Christ YSA Conference in Salt Lake City earlier this year.