‘Gen Z’ is unique – here’s how to engage them
Peter Dray
Have you noticed how
people
see
the world
similarly
to
those born
at a similar time to them?
It’s evident even in trivial ways. Virtually
everyone, for example, feels that the best
music was created in their mid-teens (me
included!).
The conditions in which we grew up shape
our view of the world into adulthood. They
set
the presets against which we measure
everything we encounter later in life. The Bible
itself recognises this generational difference,
with Judges 2v10 highlighting the distinct
perspectives between those who entered the
Promised Land and their children.
The Third Degree
Conversation openers
Peter Dray
Until relatively recently, I confess that I had started to think that the era in which fruitful first-contact evangelism took place had passed.
However, in a recent CU events week at which I was speaking, half of those who professed faith across the week or in the following weeks had been first met through first-contact evangelism. CUs have hit upon a form that is opening conversations, growing relationships and allowing students to encounter Jesus.