A GENERATION IN TRANSITION

"But to what shall I liken

 

this generation? 

                                                      Matthew 11:16

 

A. Understanding Millenials

 6 Lessons about Millenials

   1) Life Is Better In Disorder, 2) Better Together, 3) Success Is Not Measured In Dollars, 4) Real Deals Are Free, 5) The Life Of Luxury Doesn't Have To Wait, 6) They Have No Intentions Of Waiting For The World To Come To Them...(more)

The Millenial Handbook

This is a ‘snapshot’ guide to the Millennial Generation (or Gen Y), the generation of children born beginning 1978-1982 and graduating high school around 2000. They are the most diverse generation yet, with approximately 38% of 18-24 year-olds being non-white...(more)

B. Young Millenials lossing faith 

Young Millenials lossing faith in recorded numbers

25% young adults choose “unaffiliated” when asked about their religion, but  55% within this group identified with a religious group when they were younger…(more)

Religions among Millenials

Less Religiously Active Than Older Americans, But Fairly Traditional In Other Ways…This is part of a Pew Research Center series of reports exploring the behaviors, values and opinions of the teens and twenty-somethings that make up the Millennial generation....(more)

C. Why I hate religion, but love Jesus

Why I hate religion, but love Jesus 

But if Jesus came to your church, would they actually let him in?..... Religion puts you in bondage while Jesus sets you free…Religion makes you blind, but Jesus makes you see...(more)

Five myths about young adults

Myth 1: Most people lose their faith when they leave high school.      

Myth 2: Dropping out of church is just a natural part of young adults' maturation.

Myth 3: College experiences are the key factor that cause people to drop out.

Myth 4: This generation of young Christians is increasingly "biblically illiterate."

Myth 5: Young people will come back to church like they always do...(more)

D. Juvenilization of American Christianity 

Juvenilization of American Christianity 

How has "juvenilization" of churches led to widespread spiritual immaturity, consumerism, and self-centeredness, popularizing a feel-good faith with neither intergenerational community nor theological literacy? Bergler’s critique further offers constructive suggestions for taming juvenilization...(more)

When are we going to grow up? 

 One mid-1940s teenage girl said, 'We just want to live our own lives. We're not in a hurry to grow up and get all serious and morbid like older people.' Of course, girls who just want to have fun make poor saviors of the world...(more)