Reaching a New Generation of Kids for Christ

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If you are a seller for this product, would you like to suggest updates through seller support? Learn more about Amazon Prime. Move over Boomers, Xers, and Millennials; there's a new generation--making up more than 25 percent of the US population--that represents a seismic cultural shift. Born approximately between and , Generation Z is the first truly post-Christian generation, and they are poised to challenge every church to rethink its role in light of a rapidly changing culture. He helps readers rethink evangelistic and apologetic methods, cultivate a culture of invitation, and communicate with this connected generation where they are.

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There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. My first thought was, "I need to read that book. The most attractive aspect of both the interview and the book was the passion White has for connecting with young people. He's clearly not content to put forth a rigid approach: The first section of the book, what he calls "The New Reality," deals with "Understanding" the current generation of young people. Having already read extensively in this genre, I didn't find this so useful. I've read many books and worked for years with young people, so I'm good with the theory.

The second section of the book, "A New Approach," shows how to put understanding the generation to work. This was more useful. The "new approach" has one eye to those outside the church, and one to the church itself. As we engage with outsiders, we must have solid apologetics that addresses the questions they are asking. As White observes, this generation looks at Christian beliefs and practices and thinks we're crazy.

We need to be able to communicate lovingly, clearly, and winsomely why we believe and act as we do. Of course, this also requires that what we do be in line with Scripture, lest we present the world yet another picture of hypocrisy. The biggest roadblock to reaching this generation is the way we've been "doing" church. He says, "What is killing the church today is having the mission focused on keeping Christians within the church happy, well fed, and growing The mission cannot be about us - it must be about those who have not crossed the line of faith. The church today does have a propensity to meet our own needs first.

And we do this spiritually, also, talking about "discipling" those in the body first. As a long time pastor, I do see this as a necessity. But this work of discipling those in the body cannot be separated from the making of disciples of those who are not yet in the body. It reaches its climax at the cross of Christ and it paints the picture of eternal life as a relationship with God that begins at the point of faith and extends into eternity.

From what my old pastor taught me when it came to sharing my faith I put together an acrostic that I now use to equip teenagers to reach their friends for Christ. G od created us to be with him. Genesis O ur sins separate us from God. Genesis 3 S ins cannot be removed by good deeds.

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Genesis 4-Malachi 4 P aying the price for sin Jesus died and rose again. Matthew-Luke E veryone who trusts in him alone has eternal life. John L ife with Jesus starts now and lasts forever.

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Have your teenagers memorize this word for word. After you have them memorize it have them personalize it. At this point they are using each sentence as bullet points in a longer conversation that may include illustrations that help clarify the gospel or their own story of how they came to believe in Jesus. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching. The church I was raised in became a second family to me and to countless urban teenagers.

Many of us were fatherless and found spiritual fathers in this church. To build a ministry that did just that the pastor was constantly recruiting godly adults to mentor the young men and women in that church. Generational discipleship was not just part of the program at this church but part of the expectation.

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Godly adults were expected to invest in the next generation. To create this culture the pastor constantly talked about the vital importance of reaching teenagers with the gospel. He would tell stories of changed lives. This church became our family. They invested in us and cared for us. But then they expected us as teenagers to bring our families.

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Much of the numerical growth of the adult congregation was due to teenagers bringing out their families after they had gotten saved. How can you begin to do this in your own church? Constantly be banging the drum of reaching the next generation. Tell stories to your pastor and the other leaders at your church.

Relentlessly make a case for it to whomever you connect with in the church. And, when you get a chance to address the entire congregation, make a case for it there. Use stories of teenagers like David, Esther and most of the disciples to inspire the adult congregation to make investing in teenagers a priority. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.

What my old youth group did best of all was to give us teenagers a cause worth living for. Many of us came out of broken homes, poverty and a background laced with hopelessness. They told us we could be used by God in the ministry of reconciliation by proclaiming the gospel to friends, neighbors, classmates, teammates and relatives. And we did just that. The biggest reason for the explosive growth of our youth ministry was teenagers were reaching teenagers with the gospel.

Then these same teenagers were discipling the new believers in the gospel and equipping them to do the same. We were making disciples who made disciples and the huge number of teens in our youth group reflected this reality. The pastor gave us a cause to live for, equipped us to live THE Cause and then unleashed us to do just that.