Sometimes people encounter God but don’t know it. It’s true. It happened in the Bible. In the book called 1 Samuel, the young boy, Samuel, is living at the church building of his day. He is laying down for bed time when he hears his name being called, “Samuel, Samuel!”
Read MoreBarna Research released a new report that included findings on Millennial attitudes toward evangelism, which we wrote about here.
But blogger Keith Giles observes Barna is, “emphasizing one set of results over against another set which is much more positive.” Giles claims, “What the survey also reveals is that these Millennials are MORE equipped than other age groups to actually share their faith with others.”
Read MoreThere is a new crisis in evangelism. Millennials believe that sharing one’s faith is problematic and maybe even wrong, though they do believe that Christianity calls them to be a witness. That’s a tension that will prove difficult to overcome.
Read MoreThe Barna Group partnered up with Seed Company to research current knowledge of “The Great Commission.” Have you heard of the Great Commission?
This past fall, I volunteered as a cabin leader for a middle school retreat with my church. I was assigned a cabin of 8th grade girls. During the weekend, one topic of conversation kept coming up during our cabin discussion time: what it looks like to share their faith with their friends and peers. They would ask, “We know we are supposed to talk about Jesus, but how?”
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