How to Reach a Lost Generation 7: Ministry By Them Rather than Ministry to Them
“11 It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, 12 to prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13until we all reach unity in the faith and in the […]
How to Reach a Lost Generation 6: The Burden is on Them As Well
Much of my focus is on what the church can do to reclaim a generation that is leaving the church, faith, or Christ at a breakneck pace. I focus on the church end because that is the only thing I can personally do to help. I do believe the church has the responsibility on taking […]
How To Reach a Lost Generation 5: 25 Reasons Young People Are Leaving the Church
I was inspired by this post on Millenials Leaving the Church to make my own list of reasons why they are leaving. There are many more but this is a start. It is good to be aware of these issues because they point to something deeper that needs to change in our very paradigm of […]
How To Reach a Lost Generation 4: The Shift from Passive to Active Evangelism
Our 20s & 30s ministry’s evangelism has been passive. For instance, everyone says that serving in the community is the perfect front-door to faith in Christ (I almost said front door to the church) .We have had service projects where we hope people will invite non-Christian friends but do we? Is it happening or is […]
How to Reach a Lost Generation 3: The Problem of Outreach that is Actually Still Inreach
After speaking in Tulsa a few weeks ago about ministering to 20s & 30s I realized that we have a gaping hole in our ministry. Here is the realization – our outreach is still inreach. What I mean by that is this, we have grown a ministry out of retaining and reclaiming people who were […]
How To Reach a Lost Generation 2: Who Are We Winning them To?
In the previous post I mentioned the need to win people to Jesus rather than trying to win them to this church or that church. If you listen to what people are saying the tendency is to win them to church attendance rather than winning them to salvation. I don’t think anyone would outright say […]
How to Reach a Lost Generation 1: Parable of the 60 Lost Sheep
Everyone is asking about what we can do to reach the 20s & 30s somethings who are leaving Christianity. I want to share my thoughts on this in a series of posts. I don’t claim to have all the answers but I think there are some concrete things we can do that I would like […]
Handout for My Classes at the Tulsa Workshop
Did you ever have that teacher in school who would put a piece of paper over the overhead lens so you couldn’t see all the notes at once? That drove me crazy! Here is a link to the handouts for my three classes at Tulsa. Originally it was going to be 20 pages but I […]
Books on Ministry to 20s & 30s – Descriptive vs Prescriptive Approaches
There are dozens of books that talk about the generation gap in the church and how we have lost our young people and young adults. What I am seeing more and more is that there is no shortage of books that are descriptive in nature. By that I mean you can find a dozen books […]