Thrive Co Eight innovations to leading millennials: how millennials can grow your church and change the world, paperback/benjamin windle

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Church leaders are struggling to turn the tide of this epidemic exodus.

It doesn't surprise me when I read almost universal statistics of Millennials abandoning church.

Why? Because I am a millennial.

And I almost left the church.

Now, to my own surprise, I pastor a church that reaches a lot of millennials.

I spent over 2 years reading articles and books on why Millennials are leaving the church, and saw a common pattern of false conclusions about this generation.

I wanted to go beyond describing the problem - I wanted to help pastors with practical solutions.

I write this insightful set of solutions for pastors and leaders as both a Millennial and a practitioner.

Born in 1982, I sit on the boundary between Generation X and the Millennials.

While I don't completely fit in either generation, my age gives me a unique insight into both.

The easy temptation is to assume that the solution is simply to airbrush church as we know it.

Marketing.

Social media.

Branding.

Young people want a more relevant church experience.

right? The assumption - if church services where more modern and entertainment based that millennials would come running back to church- is a mis-read.

It assumes millennials are shallow.

They don't want to contribute.

They don't want deep teaching.

And on these matters, we couldn't be further from the truth.

The facts show us a different story.

Millennials are educated.

Cause driven.

Mission focused.

Deep thinkers.

If we mis-diagnose the problem, we will never heal the ailment.

Sure, modernisations that enhance a church service may help.

But we need to dig deeper.

Digging deeper means peeling back the layers of church services, programs, styles, and get to the core issue - culture.

This beautifully designed 80 page full color guide provides 8 key solutions to leading Millennials: Use Of Technology And Social Media Relational Leadership Style Collaborative Organizational Structure Dynamic Program And Events Depth In Spiritual Discipleship Facilities That.