Youth Ministry and Gen M: A New Way of Being Church?
Rev. Tanya Linn Bennett, Ph.D., Director of the Chapel & Religious Life and University Chaplain, Drew Theological School
Time: 9:30 am – 12:00 noon
Location: Ehinger Center, Room 109
Gen M is the largest and newest wave of young people turning adult in the history of the U.S. Gen M has been identified as a distinct generation due to the unique sociological, economic, political and technological shifts which have occurred during its lifetime. This session aims to familiarize church leaders with the trends and theories that help to demystify the nature of the Millennial Generation and its approach to institutional religion. We will explore approaches to church practice which centralize the voices of youth and young adulst in shifting traditional organized ways to being and doing church.