Torch, Fall/Winter 2012

new generation in their teens and 20s desperately needs the truth and hope of the Gospel. Cleverly coined as “post-everythings” by author Tim Keller, many in this generation adopt an increasingly postmodern worldview. They resist purely rationalistic, propositional explanations for reality and are wary of exclusive truth claims. While this presents obvious challenges for evangelism, the good news is that they are also post- secular and much more open to dialoguing about spirituality, religion, and the supernatural. They are technologically savvy, morally relativistic, suspicious of authority, comfortable with change, concerned about issues of social justice, and committed to tolerance as the highest virtue. They are our future, and they need Jesus — but how do we reach them? by Mark Irving A Ministry Trends for the Post-Everything Generation 22 TORCH