Thom Schultz, Author at YouthMinistry.com https://youthministry.com/author/thom-schultz/ Daily Wisdom for Youth Workers. Thu, 12 Oct 2023 21:00:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Lonely Kids and the Church https://youthministry.com/lonely-kids-and-the-church/ https://youthministry.com/lonely-kids-and-the-church/#respond Fri, 12 Feb 2021 10:46:57 +0000 https://youthministry.com/?p=76538 What’s wrong with young people today? We’ve all heard about the symptomatic things that may characterize today’s teenagers, such as lower church attendance. But what’s underneath these trends? For many young people, it’s a suffocating sense of loneliness and isolation.
A Generation Defined By Loneliness
“This is the most lonely generation,” said Josh Packard, sociologist and author of Church Refugees.…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/lonely-kids-and-the-church/feed/ 0 We’ve all heard about the symptomatic things that may characterize today’s teenagers. Why? For many young people, it’s a sense of loneliness.https://youthministry.com/wp-content/upload/ymprod/NH4W0127-002-new-2-270x196.jpg270196 (Podcast) CoronaChurch: The Crowd Is No Longer Cool https://youthministry.com/podcast-coronachurch-the-crowd-is-no-longer-cool/ https://youthministry.com/podcast-coronachurch-the-crowd-is-no-longer-cool/#respond Thu, 19 Mar 2020 20:29:54 +0000 https://youthministry.com/?p=76738 The American church faces an upset like never before.
The insidious coronavirus has slammed shut church doors–locking out the faithful from gathered worship. The effects may be long-lasting.
For smaller churches already dealing with offering plate malnutrition, existing week to week to make payroll, this crisis may be their economic tipping point.…

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