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Authenticity in an Age of Spiritual Fact-checking: How Technology is Changing Millennial Faith, by David Kinnaman

Authenticity in an Age of Spiritual Fact-checking: How Technology is Changing Millennial Faith, by David Kinnaman

What happens when the unique spiritual characteristics and technological trends among Millennials collide? The latest study from Barna Group explores just that. In an era of radical transparency, Millennials have a heightened sensitivity for artificiality and false promotion. Any leader or organization who wants to engage the next generation—whether from the pulpit or the classroom—needs to take care not to make false promises or exaggerations in their messages.

Faith on Decline: Diana Butler Bass in Sobering CBS Video on Religion & Spirituality in a Changing Society

One-third of all twenty-somethings now describe their religious affiliation as, “none.” The biggest surprise in national study was that Evangelical Protestant denominations have suffered almost as much decline in the last ten or fifteen years as liberal main line churches. -Diana Butler Bass, Author, Christianity After Religion