The Evangelical Alliance Council met on the 16th September 2009, specifically addressing the question of 18-30s as the 'Missing Generation?' in our churches today.
Mike Pilavachi, of Soul Survivor gave the plenary address, suggesting that the key problems affecting this generation in the church is a culture of consumerism, individualism and entitlement.
The Evangelical Alliance had also surveyed over 800 young people at the Momentum Festival in the summer, the results of the survey were presented at the meeting.
Four papers were circulated in advance of the meeting, and three further documents were compiled after the event commenting on the findings. All these files can be downloaded in pdf.
The statistics of 18-30's attitude to church
A Vision for 20s-30s, an article by
Krish Kandiah, Churches in Mission Executive Director at the Alliance.
A personal reflection from Susannah Clark, Public Theology Researcher, on her experience of being a 20 something in the church today
An article by Justin Thacker, Head of Theology, reflecting on the theology of the generations
This report provides a summary of the council symposium, the documents circulated in advance of the meeting and the results of the survey carried out at Momentum.
Discussions from the afternoon at the council meeting included topics such as looking at mentoring, the impact of new technology, gender and new forms of church.
Responses from table discussions asking 3 questions :
1)What should youth agencies be considering as they prepare young people for adulthood?
2)Can churches and the agencies that focus on the 18-30s age group better collaborate to rise to the challenge?
3) Has the Evangelical Alliance got a contribution to make in supporting the Church in responding to the 18-30s challenge?
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