{"product_id":"the-new-copernicans-david-john-seel-jr-9780718098872","title":"The New Copernicans: Millennials and the Survival of the Church","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Our millennial children, as well as nonchurchgoing millennials, are both the church's greatest challenge and its most exciting new opportunity.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--John Seel, PhD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWarning: There is a fundamental frame of reference shift in American society happening right now among young adults. You may think of this group as millennials--those born between 1980 and 2000--but millennials resist this label for good reason: the national narrative on them is pejorative, patronizing, and just plain wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere's what we do know: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOf Americans with a church background, 76 percent are described as \"religious nones\" or unaffiliated--and it's the fastest growing segment of the population.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClose to 40 percent of millennials fit this religious profile.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoughly 80 percent of teens in evangelical church high school youth groups will abandon their faith after two years in college.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's unlikely that the evangelical church can survive if it is uniformly rejected by millennials, and yet: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMillennial pastors and youth ministers are disempowered; their perspective is often not taken seriously by senior church leadership.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMost millennial research is framed in categories rejected by millennials; that is, left-brained, analytical communication is lost on right-brained, intuitive millennials.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvangelicals' bias toward rational left-brained thinking makes the church seem tone-deaf.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat's next? Read on. John Seel suggests survival strategies--communication on-ramps for genuine human connection with the next generation. It can be done.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David John Seel Jr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0718098870\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780718098872\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Nelson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/16\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.80d","brand":"David John Seel Jr","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048494821631,"sku":"9780718098872","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5ac852b4-5852-449c-9392-d7f4bc780dac.jpg?v=1684996092","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-new-copernicans-david-john-seel-jr-9780718098872","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}