Part 2 of series The Spiritual Lives of Christian College Students. The second of five reflections on the spirituality of students attending Christian colleges based upon Todd’s national research project, including Spiritual Transformation Inventory data from over 5,000 students attending CCCU and ABHE colleges and universities. by Todd W.…
A response to Thomas E. Bergler’s The Juvenilization of American Christianity Contrary to what one might think, the people in the congregation who gave him the most headaches were not the older, stodgier types, but rather the younger, ex-parachurchers. They were…
A response to Thomas E. Bergler’s The Juvenilization of American Christianity by David Kinnaman The most popular games are those that rely on both strategy and luck. When we win, we like to credit our acumen. When we lose, it’s easy…
A response to Thomas E. Bergler’s The Juvenilization of American Christianity Because we increasingly live in a post-Christian culture, any church leader must seek to discover how to contextualize the gospel to our culture. And our culture is a youth-worshiping, Justin…
Are we all adolescents now? by Thomas E. Bergler The house lights go down. Spinning, multicolored lights sweep the auditorium. A rock band launches into a rousing opening song. “Ignore everyone else, this time is just about you and Jesus,” proclaims…
The church generally doesn’t teach singles much about dating well, turning people down in a loving way, getting over break-ups, figuring out what we want in a mate. The only advice we are given is ‘Don’t have sex.’
A look at one of Hollywood’s thriving Millennial-focused churches: Basileia Hollywood, average age 26 “Basileia Hollywood may be the only church in America where a celebrity can get up to visit the restroom and have his seat stolen by a…
Part 14 in series How Millennials Who Gave up on Church are Redefining Faith and Re-engaging Community by Billy Roberts Bad news for churches trying to fill their seats with young people. A recent survey of Millennial values conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute offers little…
Part 13 in series How Millennials Who Gave up on Church are Redefining Faith and Re-engaging Community by Robert P. Jones, Ph.D., CEO and Founder, Public Religion Research Institute Pastors and priests seeking to fill their pews with young churchgoers have a tough…
Note: This paper was originally delivered at the 2012 Society of Vineyard Scholars in Minneapolis, MN. Jonathan Edwards placed the blame for Satan’s victory in the First Great Awakening on the failure of the stage-theory used by the pastors of…
It’s not that he’s just not that into you; it’s that the church is just not that into being human. By Christy Krumm “I’ve only gone out with a couple of girls at church, and I won’t do it anymore,” says Luke*,…
How shalom, common good and prosperity can come from an unlikely place.