Breaking Down the Walls Between Age Groups
Intergenerational, Kids, Youth Ministry Forum Intergenerational, Kids, Youth Ministry Forum

Breaking Down the Walls Between Age Groups

For years, churches have been built on a well-meaning strategy: dividing the community into specific age groups to meet their unique needs. It’s the norm in most churches — separate ministries for children, youth, young adults, seniors. It seemed logical and even beneficial at the time. After all, who better to relate to a teenager than another teenager? And wouldn’t seniors rather be with people who understand their stage of life? But over time, these well-intentioned efforts to focus on particular age groups have built something unintended: age silos.

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Voices on Gen-Z and the Church
Generations, Gen Z, Youth, Young Adults Ministry Forum Generations, Gen Z, Youth, Young Adults Ministry Forum

Voices on Gen-Z and the Church

Recently, we completed our second Capstone project with some students who attend a Christian University. Their project was to assess the spiritual needs of Gen Z (those born between 1996 and 2010). We specifically asked these Gen Z students to do this work because they often don’t get a chance to research (speak for) themselves but lots of research is done on this particular generation.

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