Generations

“Vermeulen and Van Den Akker described metamodernism as a realization that history isn’t over yet. If that’s true, then there’s still hope for change—which is why the next generation has a zeal for solutions to seemingly unsolvable problems.” - Christianity Today

“…when our kids don’t do things we think they should do or do things we think they shouldn’t do, to look back and say, ‘Could I have done better?’ And the answer is almost always yes.” - Desiring God

“I gave my son this Bible for two reasons. First, I wanted him to take a physical Bible to college. Second, I wanted him to experience, through all the visual clues, a fully used Bible—a sort of generational witness to the importance of keeping the faith.” - TGC

“Find the common ground among them all. As you minister to this mix of generational values and beliefs in your church, remember they all need Jesus. All of your people need relationships, even if they go about them differently.” - Lifeway

“Even among younger generations, there is some hesitancy. Around one in three Gen Z (29%) and Millennials (32%) say they are ‘skeptical’ of AI, more than they are ‘excited’ about it (20% of Gen Z and 23% of Millennials say this).” - Barna

“Today… the gospel remains the only lens through which my fellow Gen Zers will be able to see everything else. It’s where they can discover stable identities in a world of counterfeit “concepts of existence,” and it’s the power of God unto salvation.” - TGC

“Seventy years after the publication of The Conservative Mind, Kirk can still speak to what he called the ‘rising generation’ — showing young people an appealing vision of conservatism, one that drinks deeply from the imaginative and humane wellspring of American and Western civilization.” - Imaginative Conservative

“Our audiences should not expect to see a lot of new research coming out of Pew Research Center that uses the generational lens” - Fortune

“Churches across denominations have seen young people stepping away from faith, and researchers at the Fuller Youth Institute say they don’t need a pastor in skinny jeans or a hip meeting space to make them stay.” - CToday

“I see so much to celebrate and to encourage, and so many opportunities to call them toward the young men and women they are created to be.” - Church Answers