CT February 06, 2019
Millennials used to be the group that churches and ministries were angling to evangelize. Now, all grown up and poised to overtake Baby Boomers as the largest generation, they’re the ones doing the evangelizing.
At least they should be.
But new research from Barna Group
and the creators of the Alpha course offers some disappointing news
regarding the 20-somethings and 30-somethings now on deck to carry on
the faith: nearly half (47%) of practicing Christian
millennials—churchgoers who consider religion an important part of their
lives—believe that evangelism is wrong.
They’re more than twice as likely as their parents and
grandparents—Boomers and Elders, respectively—to say that it’s “wrong to
share one’s personal beliefs with someone of a different faith in hopes
that they will one day share the same faith.”
While this statistic could easily bolster stereotypes of
a lazy, distracted, and increasingly unaffiliated generation, the
minority of millennials who have stayed active in their churches also
show higher markers of commitment in other areas, as well as a savvier
sense of the religious pluralism and diversity they were raised around.
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