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Global Youth Culture
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Relational• Looking for real people in real life• Are aware of the real world with its good
and bad and so want to relate to people and organisations that are real
• Seeking after people to guide and mentor them without controlling them
• Have a strong focus on being part of a team or a group rather than being an individual
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Committed (but not too much)
• They are committed to people before they are committed to an organisation
• Need a sense of support and direction from people older than them but they also feel the need to not feel controlled
• Commitment is to a people and not to the structures
• Commitment is usually for a loose amount of time
• Commitment will continue as long as the cause stays true
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Friends Rule• Friends are becoming more important than
family relationships• Family may let you down and not
understand you but your friends will be there for you
• Importance of being in regular contact with friends
• Influence of friends in bringing people to faith and church involvement
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Connected to the World• Better understanding of what is happening
in the world and the issues than previous generations
• In constant contact with the world through the internet, video, music and mobile phone
• Young people have got used to thinking and evaluating things for themselves outside of adult influence
• Uses new forms of gaining information such as the movies, blogs, social network sites and chat rooms
• Used to mix of friends from different cultures, value systems and religions
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One – Two Year Vision• Most young people can think up to
about one to two years at a time• Five years away is an eternity and
heaps might change by then and so they want to keep their options open
• Part of not wanting to tie themselves down to a role and commitment that might not ‘be them’
• Want freedom to choose and to develop and evolve as a person and in Christian faith
• Fear of becoming like their parents
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Wider view of Christian faith• Denominations and theology is not as
important in church commitment but it is personal relationships that determine where a young person goes to church
• Inclusive rather than exclusive faith• Interactive and relational faith rather than
static• Style and structure of experiencing the
Christian faith is now widely diverse (not one model)
• Communal faith increasing in importance while individual faith is taking more of a back seat
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Faith and Justice• Younger generations need to see an holistic
faith in action otherwise they feel hypocritical (faith without works)
• Creating God’s kingdom here on earth as well as heaven (2 Peter 3:13 / Revelation 21:1)
• Wary of overtly spiritual focus of church that is more concerned about keeping things looking good than their concern for people’s practical needs
• Wants to work alongside and not above
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Experiential
• They grow up in an experiential world where they get to feel and sense a variety of things
• If they cant experience it then it isn't real for them
• They want to do more than hear a story or situation – they want to feel it, handle it, meet it
• They often therefore want to feel and experience something before they buy into it – they want to see the Christian faith in action and making a difference in this world
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