millennials, god & church

NO SHADES OF GRAY – YOU CAN’T SERVE TWO

MASTERSMATHEW 6:24

REV. KEVIN RILES

RULE #1 TODAY:Take Your Hats Off!

THEME FOR TODAY

PROVERBS 27:17 AS IRON SHARPENS IRON, SO DOES ONE MAN

SHARPEN ANOTHER

THE BIBLICAL FOUNDATION OF DISCUSSION AND DISCOURSE

EQUIP

ENLIGHTEN

"E"NFORM

WHAT IS A MILLENNIAL?

WHAT AGE RANGE WOULD MILLENNIAL BE IN 2016?

WHY ARE MILLENNIALS IMPORTANT TO THE FUTURE OF THE CHURCH?

MILLENNIALS ARE PEOPLE BORN BETWEEN 1981 AND 2000. ALTHOUGH, THERE IS NOT A UNIVERSAL AGREEMENT ON THIS DEFINITION. THERE ARE MORE THAN 80 MILLION OF THEM. THIS MAKES THEIR GENERATION LARGER THAN BABY BOOMERS AND 20 PERCENT BIGGER THAN GENERATION X.

2016 Age Range12 - 32

CHARACTERISTICS OF GENERATION Y:

Generation ME

Exodus 20:3Thou Shall have no other gods before ME

How did you come to:

THIS GENERATION’S RELIGIOUS VIEWS ANDBEHAVIORS ARE

QUITE DIFFERENT FROM OLDER AGEGROUPS.

NOT ONLY ARE THEY LESS LIKELY THAN OLDERGENERATIONS TO

BE AFFILIATED WITH ANY RELIGION,THEY ARE ALSO LESS LIKELY TO SAY THEY BELIEVE IN

GOD.

A SOLID MAJORITY STILL DO—86%—BUT ONLY58% SAY THEY

ARE “ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN” THAT GOD EXISTS

SURPRISE, SURPRISE!

HOWEVER, YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY LOOK VERY MUCH LIKE BABY BOOMERS DID AT A SIMILAR POINT IN THEIR LIFE CYCLE; IN A

1978 GALLUP POLL, 39% OF BOOMERS SAID RELIGION WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO

THEM

EQUIPTools, Strategies & Tips

to help our next Generation become the greatest Generation in

CHRIST

DESCRIBE YOUR JESUS?

WHAT'S HIS PERSONALITY?WHAT'S HIS ATTITUDEWHAT WOULD HE DO?WHAT'S HE LOOK LIKE

"Millennials are not interested in a celestial Jesus with a permanent smile and open arms, unconcerned with the goings-on of planet Earth. We've heard about that Jesus our entire lives, and we're not buying it."

Matt 21:12. “And Jesus entered the temple of God and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer'; but you make it a den of robbers."

Tip #1

Be Authentic & Honest

WHAT ARE THE STANDARDS OF YOUR CHURCH IN TERMS OF

DRESS, TIMES OF SERVICE, ETC?

VS

TIP #2 – Be Flexible/Offer Options

I am not saying just make church COOL

TIP #3

HEBREWS 13: 8

JESUS CHRIST THE SAME YESTERDAY, AND TO DAY, AND FOR EVER.

JESUS HASN'T CHANGED BUT THE CHURCH HAS ADAPTED TO EACH SUCCESSIVE GENERATION TO RECEIVE THE

SAMENESS OF OUR CHRIST JESUS

CONTINUE TO ASK YOURSELF THESE QUESTIONS

JESUS HASN'T CHANGED BUT THE CHURCH HAS ADAPTED TO EACH SUCCESSIVE GENERATION TO RECEIVE THE

SAMENESS OF OUR CHRIST JESUS