Which for Morgan makes the challenge of reaching a nation for Jesus even greater. “We don’t want to subject ourselves to an authority and calls us to do something other than what we want to do in our flesh.” “More than anything, people just want to follow the flesh, hands-down, in my generation,” Morgan said. Morgan knows a lot of unbelievers under 30 and sees a common thread in almost each person. “It’s very easy then to embrace that I don’t need to deal with the whole God thing,” Wood said.Īdam Morgan, one of the mobilization coordinators for My Hope with Billy Graham, is 26 years old and feels the Pew study is probably fairly accurate. From just over 15 percent to just under 20 percent, the number of all Americans who say they have no religious affiliation is now at a staggering 46 million people.Īnd while 68 percent of those people say they believe in God, almost all report they are not looking for a religion that is right for them. The trends in the past five years are alarming, and not just for the youth. That’s obviously not long-term satisfaction for most people.” “They think they can go on and do what they want to do. “A larger percentage in this generation than before don’t see a need for faith in God,” Wood said. My Hope with Billy Graham will work with local churches to train their congregations in relationship evangelism and give them a rare opportunity to invite their family, friends and neighbors over for a 30-minute outreach program and a chance to begin a relationship with Christ.Īnd for this younger generation, they will be confronted with a deeply spiritual question: Is there a need for God in my life? and Canada in November of 2013 aimed at reaching the lost with the life-changing Gospel.
consider themselves atheists or agnostic (nearly 6 percent) - his heart particularly breaks for the youth of this generation.Īnd that’s why he’s so passionate about My Hope with Billy Graham, a nationwide outreach throughout the U.S. Wood has a heart for all of the lost, but when you talk about the staggering number of people turning away from Christianity - 13 million in the U.S. Not just from the church and from what they see as organized religion, but in many cases disenfranchised from their family, from their community. “We have a generation that is growing up that is disenfranchised. “As sad as that number is, I don’t think that it’s an exaggeration at all,” said Jim Wood, Mobilization Director of My Hope with Billy Graham. They do not attend church with any frequency and attach a low degree of importance to religion in their life. Almost one out of every three people under the age of 30 say they have no religious affiliation. Young people are leaving the church in staggering numbers released recently by Pew Research Center polling. Or more specifically, anyone in particular missing from the pews or folding chairs. Next Sunday morning, take a good look around your congregation and see if you notice anything in particular.
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