Why The Church Is Losing It’s Hold On This ONE Generation

Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Fortis Institute

Religion, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Segment 1

• Gallup reports a growing exodus from church with a surprising population.

• Churches pour energy into kids and young families but neglect the elderly.

• Scripture calls the older generation essential — for wisdom, discipleship, and stability.

Segment 2

• Topical preaching isn’t always wrong, but it’s risky when it replaces text-driven sermons.

• The culture is catechizing your kids faster than the pulpit can.

• Polls reveal Gen Z’s distorted view of marriage, kids, and purpose.

Segment 3

• 690+ LGBT books in a single school district - this is cultural catechism in action.

• Drag queens, “gender play,” and normalization of sin are targeting children.

• The battle for your child’s worldview is being waged at story time.

Segment 4

• Churches split over silliness: beards and whether the worship leader’s eyes were open.

• Healthy churches handle conflict biblically—talk, forgive, reconcile.

• How your church argues says more about its health than its attendance numbers.

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0:00.0	Richard Radio begins in three, two, one.
0:06.9	Welcome to virtual reality church.
0:09.4	Welcome to our virtual church.
0:11.2	Zoom church is not church.
0:13.2	Is there some type of way for a virtual congregation?
0:16.7	You're not a congregation if you don't congregate.
0:18.7	We have just finished our virtual church.
0:21.1	You can worship in the comfort of your own home and at your convenience.
0:25.4	When you combine this access with the loss of the local, I become my own confession, and I go around the World Wide Web listening for echoes that say back to me what I've already decided to believe.
0:40.6	It's time for Wretched Radio with Tom Freel.
0:43.9	And you thought Gen Z's were the problem?
0:46.9	This is Wretched Radio.
0:49.7	Shocker.
0:50.9	Guess which demographic is leaving the church in the greatest numbers? You're thinking, well,
0:57.5	that's got to be Gen Z because those kids, they just aren't following in the footsteps of their
1:02.7	parents. They're rejecting everything. They're deconstructing everything, including Christianity.
1:09.3	And whilst I think they're still busy doing that, I think there has been a shift.
1:15.1	And if polls mean anything, I think that that statement is actually statistically supported.
1:21.3	There seems to be a new interest in spiritual things on behalf of Gen Ziers, particularly among young men.
1:32.7	That is really good news.
1:34.9	That's really exciting news.
1:37.0	But guess which demographic is now starting to get drained from the church?
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