Welcome

Jessica Strang

Culture

Clint Jenkin, PhDVP, Barna Group

Spirituality

David Kinnaman

NOMADSLost to church

4/10

PRODIGALSLost to faith

1/10

EXILESLost between culture

and church

3/10

The WAY People Leave…

“Christianity does not seem to

answer complicated questions…

…in a deep, thoughtful

or challenging way.”

5 Antidotes to “Digital Babylon”

1. Meaningful relationships

2. Cultural discernment

3. Reverse mentoring

4. Vocational discipleship

5. Tuned to God’s voice

Under40

Over40

Daily media exposure

// 1960s

The Best Human Inventions…

…in our pocketsThe Best Human Inventions...in our pockets

Communicating with Millennials

Roxanne StoneVP, Barna Group

Vocation + Discipleship

David Kinnaman

Keaton’s life plan

By keaton

My 10 life goals• 1. grow up two be a nice Christian man

• 2. Get a nice wife

• 3. Get a good job one that I like

• 4. Have two kids ( each boys two years apart)

• 5. Grow as close as I can get to god

• 6. Make more and more friends as I grow

• 7.Work hard in school

• 8. Believe in god where ever I go

• 9. Teach my kids about god and help them live there lives as best as they can

• 10. Do not give up in life

Possible jobs

• Engineer, architect, hockey

player, Lego designer at Lego

land California or at Florida

My wife

• A Christian woman, humorous, hard

working, caring, energetic, strong when

hurt, is a leader, likes to help others, and

dus’ent care what others think.

• Warning: will not get all of this out of a

woman

ENTREPRENEURS1/2

SCIENCE-MINDED1/2

CREATIVES1/3

Three Categories of Callings

Gaps: Faith and Science

• 52% of teens are interested in some

type of science-related career

• <1% of youth leaders said they spoke

about any issues of science, technology

in the last year

Sexuality

Roxanne StoneVP, Barna Group

culture overprotective

sex repressive

science anti-science

peers exclusive

mind doubtless

church shallow

lifestyle rigid

WHY Young People Leave…

• Traditionalist

• Sex is about the rules

• Don’t talk about sexuality

• End: procreation

• Individualist

• Sex is about me

• Express yourself, enjoy it

• End: gratification

A Generation of “Torn” Souls

Traditionalist

Sex is about the rules

Don’t talk about sexuality

End: procreation

Individualist

Sex is about me

Express yourself, enjoy it

End: gratification

• Relational

• Sex is about us

• Humble, conscious of others

• End: interdependence

✚ Rethinking / Rebuilding