Understanding and Engaging Gen Z

I'm your host, Nick Smith. I serve as the student and recovery pastor at my local Church in Pickens, South Carolina. If you have questions or thoughts you would like to share; you can reach me through email at [email protected] Our Guest: Dr. Tim McKnight is the Associate Professor of Missions and Youth Ministry and Director of the Global Center for Youth Ministry at Anderson University. He is lead pastor and planter of a new multiethnic church plant, Mosaic Church of Anderson. Tim is a speaker with Clayton King Ministries, the author of No Better Gospel and Raising the Bar (Second Edition (Kregel 2019), and editor of Navigating Youth Ministry (B&H Academic 2020).Questions that were discussed:What is Gen Z? ~1999-2015What are some of the Challenges to parent and make disciples of Gen Z? What are some of the unique strengths of Gen Z? What advice would you give parents of Gen Z teens that would help them curate an authentic and passionate faith in Jesus?A Quick look at the book: Part 1: Test Time: Does Youth Ministry Pass? The World Has Changed, but the Gospel Has Not: Analyzing the Current Culture of Student MinistryMeet Generation Z: The Next Great GenerationThe Potency of Expectancy: Why We Can Be OptimisticTruth or Consequences: Biblical Teaching Confronts Contemporary PracticeEntertaining Children or Assembling an Army?: Lessons from HistoryFrom the Parachurch to the Local Church: A Brief History of Youth MinistryTeaching the Youth Well: Building a Ministry on the WordPart 2: Reinventing Youth MinistryHabitual Love: Stirring the Affections of YouthGet Real: Sharing Jesus ConsistentlyLife is Worship: Recalibrating the Focus of StudentsAdvice to Parents: It's Time to Grow UpMeanwhile, Back at the Church: Staff Relations and Leading a MinistryRites of Passage: Seasons of ChangeConclusion: Raise the BarBook \ Engaging Gen Z: Raising the Bar for Youth Ministryhttps://www.amazon.com/Engaging-Generation-Raising-Youth-Ministry/dp/0825445930/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=tim+mcknight&qid=1611006735&sr=8-1Want to book a speaking engagement? Email Tim McKnight at [email protected] McKnight's Blog: https://www.1disciple.com/blog/author/tim/