Reaching out to the Nones in humility and love
What do the Nones need? And how can we truly hear them? asks a former professor of pastoral counseling.
Young Adults
Young Adults
Recently published
"Voices for Vocational Accompaniment: Leading, Mentoring, and Learning From the Next Generation"
In this excerpt from a new book by the Forum for Theological Exploration, a mentor reflects on the urgency of young people discovering their prophetic vocation in and after the pandemic.
Link to author Jen Bailey
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Jen Bailey
Faith leader and activist
Robert Rueda: Students in the Rio Grande Valley are ‘an incredible gift to the United States’
Campus minister Robert Rueda inspires students with his message that their experience prepares them to be leaders. Then they get to work.
Stepping off the conveyor belt to Jesus
Members of Generation Z haven’t given up on faith, but they need something different from the religion of their parents, writes Faith & Leadership’s summer intern.
Link to author Kristine McNeill
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Kristine McNeill
2021 Faith & Leadership intern
How our pandemic experience might help the church engage “nones” and “dones”
Let’s leverage a year of forced innovation to be church in a way that attracts people who really are done with religion, writes a minister at a Greenwich Village church.
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Alexis Lillie
Minister, The Church of the Village
Excerpt: "Delighted: What Teenagers Are Teaching The Church About Joy"
Written by four faith leaders with deep connections to youth ministry, "Delighted" was published in April. In this excerpt, co-author Wesley Ellis reflects on how churches can offer joy and authentic friendships to young people.
Kenda Creasy Dean
Wesley W. Ellis
Justin Forbes
Abigail Visco Rusert
Top 10 Faith & Leadership stories from 2019
We published more than 120 original stories in 2019, from articles by journalists to essays by pastors and scholars to interviews with thinkers and activists. Here are 10 standouts we hope you’ll find inspiring and thought provoking.
Nuns & Nones brings together religiously unaffiliated young adults and Catholic sisters
A six-month convent residency in California gave a group of millennials a window into communal living and discipline.
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Yonat Shimron
Journalist
It's not the church's job to decide who belongs
When churches hold onto anti-LGBTQ+ beliefs, there are real people whose sacred stories and journeys are being forgotten, writes a college chaplain and author.
Link to author Arionne Yvette Williams
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Arionne Yvette Williams
Associate Chaplain, University of Indianapolis
With a spirit of 'irrational generosity,' a church helps pay the debts of Howard University seniors and sustain a historic connection to HBCUs
Alfred Street Baptist Church has a long history of supporting college students and historically black colleges and universities. So when a churchwide fast in January yielded $150,000, they knew where to invest it: in future leaders.
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Andrew Kragie
Journalist
Dori Baker and Tobin Belzer: Holy listening helps connect young adults
Sharing stories -- and listening deeply to one another -- is at the heart of a new research initiative that seeks to help churches launch ministries to attract young adults.
Dori Baker
Tobin Belzer
