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Mike Winger idea 2019-04-24

Introduction: topic framing — youth are both uniquely different from and fundamentally similar to previous generations

Mike opens the livestream and introduces the session topic with Dr. Sean McDowell

youth ministry Generation Z discipleship
Mike Winger idea 2019-04-24

Tendency to view Gen Z through a negative lens — and why that must be corrected

McDowell describes an exercise he does with audiences

Generation Z authenticity Barna Research
Mike Winger idea 2019-04-24

Gen Z defined: the first digitally native generation, and the generation with significantly increased loneliness, depression, and suicidality

McDowell lays out two of the most defining characteristics of Gen Z

Generation Z digital native loneliness
Mike Winger idea 2019-04-24

The problem with having a negative or contemptuous attitude toward a generation you are trying to reach with the gospel

Mike reflects on the pattern of older generations despising younger ones

evangelism gospel Millennials
Mike Winger idea 2019-04-24

Gen Z fact-checks in real time — credibility and truth-telling are now more important than ever for teachers and pastors

McDowell describes speaking at Berkeley and observing real-time fact-checking

apologetics fact-checking trust
Mike Winger idea 2019-04-24

Apologetic questions are being asked at younger and younger ages due to technology — Josh McDowell's observation about shifting ages of questioning

McDowell references his father Josh McDowell's observation from 55 years of ministry

youth ministry apologetics Josh McDowell
Mike Winger idea 2019-04-24

Mike's rationale for being on YouTube: putting apologetics answers where people are already looking

Mike explains his YouTube ministry philosophy

evangelism apologetics Generation Z
Mike Winger idea 2019-04-24

Gen Z's underlying worldview challenge: a consumer culture that conditions them to expect reality to conform to their desires rather than conform to external reality

McDowell identifies the deeper worldview issue beneath Gen Z's post-truth tendencies

truth Generation Z worldview
Mike Winger idea 2019-04-24

Top apologetic questions Gen Z is actually asking, per Barna research: science/faith, exclusivity of Christ, LGBTQ issues, problem of evil, injustice done in the name of Christianity

McDowell lists the specific apologetic questions Gen Z raises

inclusivism Generation Z Barna Research
Mike Winger idea 2019-04-24

Millennial and Gen Z church return: life-stage markers like marriage and children are happening later or not at all, making the expected return uncertain

McDowell addresses the question of whether lapsed young people will return

marriage gospel Millennials
Mike Winger idea 2019-04-24

Book promotion: The Next Generation Will Know releasing May 1, free bonus materials available before release

Closing segment — book details and offer

youth ministry J. Warner Wallace Generation Z
Mike Winger idea 2019-04-24

Closing summary: discipleship principles are timeless, but avoid jaded views toward youth and remain aware of how their lives differ from previous generations

Mike's closing remarks

apologetics Matt Dillahunty resurrection of Christ