I am about to begin a new sermon series on Sunday, "Generation Next: Reaching Tomorrow's Generation Today" and we will be exploring the church's mission to reach our young people for Christ. I thought that I'd provide a list of references that I have used throughout this study which I would recommend for anyone to read... especially those of us who are parents of teenagers. Please let me know if you know of other good material that we might add!
Altrock, Chris. Preaching to Pluralists: How to Proclaim Christ in a Postmodern Age. St. Louis: Chalice, 2004.
Clark, Chap. Hurt 2.0 Grand Rapids: Baker, 2011.
Dean, Kenda Creasy. Almost Christian: What the Faith of our Teenagers is Telling the American Church. New York: Oxford, 2010.
Kinnaman, David and Gabe Lyons. Unchristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks About Christianity. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2007.
Kinnaman, David. You Lost Me: Why Young Christians are Leaving Church and Rethinking Faith. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2012.
Nash, Robert. An 8-track Church in a CD World. Macon: Smyth & Helwys, 2001.
Rainer, Thom S. The Bridger Generation. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2006.
Rainer, Thom S. and Jess W. The Millennials: America's Largest Generation. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2011.
Smith, Christian. The National Study on Youth and Religion. www.youthandreligion.org
Yeakley, Flavil R. Jr., Why They Left: Listening to Those Who Have Left Churches of Christ. Nashville: Gospel Advocate, 2012
