Gen Z’s Spirituality. Finding an Older Mentor. Fear of Mortality - Highlight Episode 329

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🗓️ 11 March 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Dr. Jeff Myers highlights the need for authentic discipleship that meets Gen Z’s deep spiritual hunger by fostering real community, encouraging open discussions, and guiding young people toward Christ as the ultimate truth. Unlike past generations, Gen Z is not drawn to atheism but instead struggles with faith, loneliness, and purpose, seeking something more meaningful than what the world offers. Unfortunately, many churches have responded with superficial changes rather than true disci...

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0:00.0	We have an actual doctor with us today, Dr. Jeff Myers, the president of Summit Ministry.
0:06.6	Jeff, thank you so much for joining us.
0:08.6	I'm glad to be with you guys.
0:09.6	For those of you don't know, Jeff, as I mentioned before, is the president of Summit Ministries.
0:14.7	He's written 14 books, including Truth Changes Everything.
0:19.7	He also hosts a podcast by that same name, Truth,
0:23.0	changes everything with Dr. Jeff Myers.
0:25.4	Today we are talking about disciplining the next generation.
0:30.5	Generation Z is the least religious generation in America.
0:36.2	Having trouble with the word generation. I am struggling.
0:39.3	They are known for being spiritual, but not religious, but it would be a mistake to think that this is the atheism of 2001.
0:47.3	Gen Z is more likely to listen to Jordan Peterson than Richard Dawkins, which tells us they're asking different kinds of questions
0:55.6	than the things that Richard Dawkins were asking.
0:57.5	Gen Z, what age group?
1:00.7	12 to 27.
1:03.2	Okay.
1:04.0	This is good news that they're asking these kind of questions because it means they're actually not opposed to faith.
1:08.7	They are wrestling with it.
1:10.6	We see the Gen Z are struggling
1:12.7	with what is being called the loneliness epidemic, an increase in anxiety and depression,
1:18.9	which also tells us that they are more self-aware and that they need something greater,
1:26.4	as the philosopher James K.A. Smith said in his book,
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