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Meet the Millenials

Meet the Millenials

Very interesting article from Christianity Today! Here's some quotes that caught my attention:

"• For a while, I stopped going to church, and just decided I'm going to read my Bible, and that's going to be my church. Every time I went to church, I just felt like a stranger standing among strangers.

But I finally found a church. … I did everything I could there because I really felt like they were family. I felt like there was a reason for me being there. And I knew that the pastor cared about me and my life. If I ever missed, I'd have people calling me to make sure everything was okay … asking if there was anything they could do. ... —Jen (senior)"

"Our parents succeeded if they made a lot of money and owned things," says Jen Clark, a 2005 graduate of Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn. "While our age group likes money and things too, we measure ourselves more by how we make a difference in the world."

"Unfortunately, says church researcher Thom Rainer, many church leaders don't challenge their flocks. Content to stay status quo, they create worship services that are merely watched and stale ministry programs that require little sacrifice or effort from those who participate in them."

"• In 2006, the iPod surpassed beer as the most popular thing on campus."

So this leads me to wonder:
as a leader how am I doing at, really caring about those that come out to our ministry/ church?

What more can be done to make a difference in the world and not just "do church"?

How can invite people to grow from being "watchers" of church, to being willing to participate and even sacrifice in serving?

When can I upgrade and get a real ipod (or iphone *drooling*) instead of my shuffle!

posted by Jesse @ 12:14 p.m.