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Pastor: Get behind Gen Z, not in the way
NewsNationNow ^ | 04/28/2023 | Sean Noone

Posted on 04/30/2023 12:22:30 PM PDT by Skywise

As thousands of college students prepare to descend on the University of Oklahoma’s football stadium for a faith-based concert, one pastor says he’s not at all surprised by Generation Z’s enthusiasm.

“This generation is really kind of tired of all the rules and rituals that come along with religion, and they are setting out to really forge a faith that is authentic, experiential and real,” said pastor Jarrett Stevens of the Soul City Church in Chicago.

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One of the things Stevens believes may be driving younger generations away from religion is many institutions’ understanding of inclusivity.

“Having grown up around church, there are many things that the church has gotten wrong, and inclusivity is one of them,” he said. “There are many more. We’ve been on the wrong side of significant issues throughout history.”

It’s some of those historical issues that Stevens thinks prevent many members of Generation Z from accepting faith.

“I think that’s why people are wanting to get past all of that, and into the center where real faith and real relationship with God really lies,” Stevens said. “I just am imploring our generation — older generations — to get behind this generation and get out of the way of this generation.”

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TOPICS: Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: genz; homosexualagenda; religion; woke
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To: ealgeone

What kind a BS pastor is this?


21 posted on 04/30/2023 2:39:24 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: KC_Conspirator

Sounds very liberal.


22 posted on 04/30/2023 2:40:23 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: Raycpa

Only sinners should be allowed in church.

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I see what you did too. :)

But I’ll add that the modern church is increasingly insisting that people wear their sin on their sleeve and revel in it.


23 posted on 04/30/2023 3:04:57 PM PDT by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: Raycpa
Define what sort of Church and what the sin is regarding current mainstrean social media nowadays.


24 posted on 04/30/2023 3:20:43 PM PDT by rollo tomasi
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To: Bishop_Malachi

The sheep need protection from the wolves. Knowing which is which is sometimes difficult without the Holy Spirit.


25 posted on 04/30/2023 3:40:29 PM PDT by Raycpa
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To: Skywise

Anyone else looking for a faithful servant of the Lord Jesus Christ to leave all their worldly wealth to?/ snark
What are the odds that this knucklehead is probably already involved in some serious immorality that makes him Biblically disqualified from ministry?
The passages about “By their fruits you will know them.” comes to mind.


26 posted on 04/30/2023 4:30:13 PM PDT by Honest Nigerian
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To: Skywise

Millstone.
Rope.
Neck.
The Abyss.

Buh bye, “pastor”


27 posted on 04/30/2023 4:33:13 PM PDT by dadgum (Overjoyed to be the Pariah.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

“Does anybody else look back fondly before marketers created Gen X, Gen Y, Gen Z etc? We were all just people back in the good old days and before these nonsense terms were invented.”

One of the many ways used to divide people.
But there are other subtle methods as well.
Here in Iowa you see all the “God bless farmers, without them we wouldn’t have food “
Of course what isn’t said and should be by farmers is “God bless all the city people that buy our products so we can make a living”.

But that isn’t said. And we see it with firefighters, police and others.
The virtue signaling is done all over.
Section off and divide us up, and elevate certain people over others.
It wasn’t that way 50 years ago


28 posted on 04/30/2023 4:41:19 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Have you seen Joe Biden's picture on a milk carton?)
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To: HereInTheHeartland

“It wasn’t that way 50 years ago”

Exactly right. I look back so fondly to those days when the leftists hadn’t done this to us. There were tensions, but we largely all got along. Then the Democrats and liberals started “identity politics” and split us a thousand different ways.


29 posted on 04/30/2023 4:45:37 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone else…)
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