No, Millennials Aren't Killing Evangelism

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🗓️ 13 February 2019

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Half of millennial Christians say it’s wrong to evangelize. This was the headline from CT’s report from new Barna Group research examining the perspectives of millennials, Gen-X, boomer, and elder practicing Christians on sharing their faith. (Note: Barna defines “practicing Christians” as churchgoers who consider religion an important part of their lives.) More than 90 percent of practicing Christians of all generations agreed somewhat or strongly that “part of my faith means being a witness about Jesus” and “the best thing that could ever happen to someone is for them to come to know Jesus.” Millennials were more likely than any other age group to say that they were gifted at sharing their faith with other people. In fact, 73 percent said they were compared to 56 percent of elders, who were the least secure about their ability. But controversially—at least to CT’s Twitter followers—47 percent of millennials said it was wrong to share one’s personal beliefs with someone of a different faith in hopes that they will one day share the same faith. What should we make of these numbers? Alpha USA executive director Craig Springer joined digital media producer Morgan Lee and editor in chief Mark Galli to discuss what these figures really mean, why the best way to do evangelism may just be asking questions, and why Christian unity is a good form of Christian witness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:41.5	It's Wednesday, February 13th, and this is quick to listen, where we set aside hashtags and hot takes to discuss a major cultural event.
0:49.7	On today's show, Craig Springer joins us to talk about doing evangelism in the 21st century.
1:04.3	Thanks for joining us this week. I'm Morgan Lee, digital media producer here at Christianity
1:08.9	today, and I'm here with my co-host and our editor-in-chief, Mark Galley.
1:13.6	Good morning.
1:14.9	Good morning, Mark.
1:16.1	So let's talk about our guest and who is joining us today, Mark.
1:19.8	Joining us is Craig Springer.
1:21.5	He's the executive director of Alpha USA.
1:24.7	For the listeners who aren't aware of it, Alpha is one of the most effective evangelism programs
1:29.2	in the world today, not just in the U.S. It has been used by more than 35,000 churches worldwide.
1:35.9	Some 26 million people have gone through it. So we think Craig would be a good person to help us
1:41.5	think about how evangelism is done effectively in our world today.
1:46.3	Hi, Craig.
1:47.1	Hi there. Thanks for having me. Excited to be here.
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