A Portrait of Generation Next

The Pew Research Center has released a helpful report on January 9th that paints a picture of Generation Next. They are the Next Gr8 Generation. A summary of the report can be found here. The fuller, more detailed, 45 page version can be found here.

Here's the one summary point that grabbed my heart,

"One-in-five members of Generation Next say they have no religious affiliation or are atheist or agnostic, nearly double the proportion of young people who said that in the late 1980s. And just 4% of Gen Nexters say people in their generation view becoming more spiritual as their most important goal in life. "

Roughly, 160,000,000 million have no religious affiliation or are atheist or agnostic. Here's one more reason to have a mission, vision, values/priorities outline for why your youth ministry exists!