Date
8-2012
Department
Rawlings School of Divinity
Degree
Master of Divinity (MDiv)
Chair
David Wheeler
Primary Subject Area
Religion, General; Religion, History of; Religion, Philosophy of; Sociology, Demography
Keywords
Church, Generation Y, Millennials
Disciplines
Christianity | Comparative Methodologies and Theories | Critical and Cultural Studies | History of Christianity | New Religious Movements | Practical Theology | Religion | Sociology of Culture
Recommended Citation
Deitsch, Christopher, "Creating a Millennial Generation Contextualized Church Culture" (2012). Masters Theses. 243.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/masters/243
Abstract
The Millennial generation, or Generation Y as some people know them, is the biggest generation in the United States of America history. As they flood schools, universities, and the job market it is easy to see that there are major differences between them and previous generations. Simultaneously, the church in America has hundreds of individual churches each year closing and tens of thousands each year declining; most churches are ceasing to grow. The inability to reach Millennials is one of the reasons for this decline. This thesis purposes to give a snapshot of the Millennial generation, overview a few of the key authors who are helping to reach them and will give churches and pastors practical components to work into their church culture to make churches and the gospel more appealing to the Millennial generation. This work is not a comprehensive solution to the problem of the church or the Millennial generation but a tool to help pastors who hope to reach the next generation.
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Christianity Commons, Comparative Methodologies and Theories Commons, Critical and Cultural Studies Commons, History of Christianity Commons, New Religious Movements Commons, Practical Theology Commons, Sociology of Culture Commons
