A doctoral student of mine brought up a problem almost every church faces when he said their church’s outreach focuses on Gen Z & Millennials (ages 13-28 and 29-44), while neglecting the preceding generations (ages 45 and above).
But he noted that those 45 years and above comprise 60-70% of the population. This raises the question: How can outreach models innovate to accommodate future generational shifts without marginalizing existing generations?”
Reaching a new culture always begs the question, “What do we do with the previous culture?”
I have written several books about different models to keep the older generations (sometimes called the “status quo”) in a church while reaching out to younger generations.
Here are the three strategies ranked from marginal to best …
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