Episode 222: Solving the Problem of Youth and the Church with Kara Powell

The Holy Post

Phil Vischer

Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.5 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2016

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Why are young people leaving the church and what are some churches doing that is helping them stay? Is it all about "hipping up" our churches with coffee bars and skinny jeans, or is it something deeper? Fuller Youth Institute director Kara Powell returns to the podcast to discuss her new book, Growing Young, and the surprising answers to one of our thorniest problems.

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's Bill. Welcome back to the show. I am here with Sky to Tony. Hi, Phil.
0:12.0	Hi, Sky. What are you reading your stocks on here? You're gonna try to deal with a drop box issue.
0:17.0	And Christian Taylor. Hi, though. I'm not dealing with a drop box issue.
0:22.0	You're dealing with no issues whatsoever. None today.
0:25.0	None. That is fabulous. Hey, it's a podcast. We're doing, you know. Hey, it's a podcast.
0:32.0	Hey, we got video. Hey, it's a podcast. So, ending here. The Phil Fisher podcast starts right here.
0:37.0	Oh, will talk to Sky. Hello. Hi, and Christian to you. How do you do?
0:43.0	And we've got a guest right here for you. You'll get to meet her in a minute. Hey, it's a podcast. So, ending here.
0:50.0	The Phil Fisher podcast starts right here. The Phil Fisher podcast starts right here.
0:57.0	That was a no mistake intro. I had it all. We have a lot of racket going on in this building today.
1:03.0	No, I can't. They were pairing the roof. Yeah, it might be once there were Canadian geese walking on the roof.
1:09.0	I remember that. And you can hear them because they were honking. It was honking from above. Oh, my God.
1:14.0	That's the issue today. No, that's not the issue. Our guest today is Cara Powell. Hi, Cara.
1:19.0	Hi, it's me with y'all. Thanks. Glad you're here. Cara is the... I actually don't even have your bio in front of me.
1:28.0	Cara is the director of the Fuller Youth Institute. Of the Fuller Youth Institute, right?
1:33.0	Nice safe, Scott. Nice job. Thank you. Yeah. You are just Fuller Youth. Fuller Youth.
1:41.0	That was a play on words. That was a play on words. Yeah. Anyway. So before we jump in, Cara has a new book called Growing Young,
1:52.0	which I think it's about healthy eating and veganism. Sounds like Dr. Os.
1:57.0	It's losing years going backwards because I could use that. Yeah, it's a detox. It's a form of a detox. I'm pretty sure.
2:04.0	We'll get that into that a bit. But speaking of not growing young, I had to do something last week that I did not enjoy.
2:10.0	Oh, I think I know. Is it... does it start with a C? I turned 50. And when you turn 50, your doctor says you have to do something.
2:19.0	Is it a colonoscopy? Yeah. Oh, that's... that's terrible. Have they made... Have you had one?
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