3 WAYS SUCCESSFUL CHURCHES ARE REACHING MILLENNIALS | The Truth About Millennials And Church

Many of us have seen the trends. Millennials are attending church at a declining rate. But some churches are seeing the exact opposite of this trend. How are they doing it? In this video, I'm going to share with you three ways that churches are successfully reaching Millennials.
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[@waynewrz]

Great thoughts Brady. As someone who is barely a millennial, I'd agree with all three of your reasons. A great book about prioritizing young people in the church is Growing Young from the Fuller Youth Institute folks.

[@prochurchtools]

WayneWrz Yep. That book is fire! 🔥

[@kyawmyokm789]

I was thinking of Elevation Church before you mentioned it. I totally agree with that because adults in our church tend to not even care about Youth Service. As a young youth volunteer staff, I feel uncared. So I stopped attending adult service and now I only attend Youth Service. Good to learn from you.

[@kylefromthewood8829]

My church focused on finding the millennials that would like us instead of changing anything. In fact due to financial issues we closed our doors more often and did less activities to try to save money. The older generation won that argument and it looks like there's no going back. We're shrinking and the older generation is voting for more money to go toward the nursing home we support, so they can go there.

[@prochurchtools]

So sorry to hear this Kyle!

[@bobcastelline8960]

Items 2 and 3 are excellent, but I'm not sure I agree completely with Item 1. The Barna study says that 8% find church out of date, but another 31% say church is boring, while 35% say church isn't personally relevant to them. Those three issues are related. At the very least, I think we need to be culturally relevant, and that likely means the use of video and being in touch on social media. However, I DO agree that we can take it too far. When I see fog and laser light shows and the like, it makes me wonder if those churches are simply trying too hard to impress Millennials. So I'd agree with Item 1 if we're talking about going too far. Preach the gospel in a life-relevant way, worship with authenticity (Millennials I know HATE anything that's fake), and use appropriate technology, and I think we'll start to reach younger adults.

[@prochurchtools]

Bob Castelline Yep. Great points.

[@YeshuaCornejo]

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[@prochurchtools]

Yeshua Cornejo that's true! I haven't really gotten into soccer yet, but I did watch a couple playoff games last year!

[@golfvilla2]

I appreciate what you are saying but point #3 sounds like the best way to reach millennials is to pay them to be there. I still think that Romans 1:16 is the best answer.

[@123drad]

We focus on preaching the gospel of Jesus christ. We have 3000+ in house and tens of thousands across the world On our online community And we meet in a tint. To God be All the glory. We focus on loving people, and pleasing the Lord. not catering to denominations or "millennials". We offer deliverance in the name of JESUS not lights, smoke, and mirrors. G.V.B.C. 2060 Old Lebanon Dirt Rd mt. Juliet tn

[@kyle8198]

How do you handle trying to get millennials on staff but you're a small church and the only paid positions are the Pastor & Secretary? Everybody else is volunteers. We have a board but paid "staff" is really just 2 people.

[@prochurchtools]

Make sure you give millennials a voice. You might not be able to pay them, but give them responsibility and important work to do. As staff members maybe set aside time to speak directly with the millennials in your church about their thoughts and opinions and the overall vision of the church. 😊

[@loganfeller6737]

Could you please clarify something for me? When you say "reaching millennials", I'm assuming that you mean they start going to that church. But does that mean making converts/disciples or is it more like transfer growth?

[@prochurchtools]

Hey Logan - we're not huge fans of transfer growth, but of course believe that as churches we're all in this together, regardless of denominations. So when we say reaching millennials we are referring to reaching those already attending your church and those who aren't attending any churches at the moment. :)

[@MalcolmSchaad]

Good stuff Brady. Attempting to reach millennials without the assistance of millennials = fail.

[@kevinjones2145]

in reaching out to millennials, congregations might want to avoid inadvertently alienating the mature members who have been the backbone of the congregation. (I'm 59). Meaning not disrespect to you, my brother, I have about twice as much life experience as you.

[@kevinjones2145]

Ever wonder why the Bible refers to churches being led by Elders? A church led by mostly millennials is a church led by people sorely lacking in life experience, however sincere these young leaders might otherwise be.

[@prochurchtools]

I agree that a church's senior leadership shouldn't exist solely of young folks. It shouldn't exist solely of any age group. But you don't need to be lead by Millennials to reach Millennials. Consider this, in a study conducted by Fuller, it was found that when churches successfully reached young people, it brought a level of vitality and energy to the church that carried over into reaching older folks. Erwin McManus said it this way, "healthy churches reach young people, and young people make churches healthier. If your church is reaching 20-year-olds, your church will reach 60-year olds also." It generally doesn't work in the inverse.

[@chrisvoeltner3109]

That's a very very negative response. While there are many people are who whiny, to group them all together is wrong. And also shows your ignorance of wanting to break the mold that people see. Get outside of yourself and reach out to people.

[@AdventureGirl100]

Do you have the links for where these stats are found?

[@prochurchtools]

Yep, they're all linked here in the full post! prochurchtools.com/how-to-reach-millennials/

[@AdventureGirl100]

Whoa! Cool! Thank you! :D I appreciate all your tips. It's helping me prepare for full-time ministry.