This project examines how politically conservative Christian young adults in the U.S. West and South navigate and reevaluate their commitments to discipleship, politics, and relationships amid sociopolitical upheaval. We focus on four Christian traditions: Evangelical, Catholic, Latter-day Saint, and Pentecostal, represented in two contrasting regions, Northwest Arkansas and California’s Inland Empire. Each area is marked by religious diversity, ongoing political polarization, and contested ideals around legal and faith-based interpretations of gender, identity, and religious freedom. Across two waves of fieldwork in the summers of 2026 and 2027, we will employ surveys, semi-structured interviews (50 per site), Photovoice (a community-based photo elicitation method), and participant observation to gather visual and narrative accounts of daily life. These methods allow us to capture how participants draw from, push against, or restructure teachings about gender, sexuality, marriage, and family-rearing while also engaging with their perceptions of online ideologies like the “manosphere”, “tradwife,” or “incel” cultures shaping lived experiences. By examining how women and men across various faith traditions negotiate expectations of family leadership, work, and caretaking, we trace the everyday practices through which conservative Christians form dating ideals, partnerships, and communities. Rather than reducing them to stereotypes, this study foregrounds the diversity of experiences that shape how faith is woven into the social, political, and intimate worlds of a rising generation. Ultimately, this research will help churches and Christian leaders respond more wisely and pastorally to the concerns of young believers, supporting healthier families, stronger marriages, and a more resilient American church.