Toward Preliminary Conclusions:

It is time to reach for excellence as never before when comes to ministry with this generation. There is no place for nominal spiritual leadership with these teens. Now is the time to establish decisive ministry to students in this post-modern generational cohort while a window of opportunity presents itself. Now is the time to take soulful action before it is too late or an unchristian alternative finds root. The intense desire of this generation to find significance through heroic action offers an opportunity to congregations, families, and ministries to reach this generation. They are looking for a challenge that requires their personal commitment.


This generation is a spiritual revival waiting to happen in the church and larger culture. Yet, these teens need loving relationships, consistent modeling, and spiritual guidance to reach their potential. Christ and the Church are significant for these adolescents and they need leaders and comrades that will pursue a lost world. They are influenced and informed by the media and think media must be employed by Christ-like people.


Many of these teens are discovering a way to develop spirituality and grow in personal faith even when opposed by non-believing friends. Millennial Kids are telling parents and youth workers that they require solid relationships to mature in Christ. These students want to understand that they are special and that God has something extraordinary to accomplish with their generation. Yet, these same adolescents show a ‘fuzzy’ understanding, acceptance, and commitment to conclusions and methodologies of previous generations.


Three in every four Millennial student needs for youth leaders to make greater use of technology and internet as a learning tool because it is relevant for so many of them. Yet, how many parents, elders, and youth workers are making the time to take advantage of emerging technology? This is an area of opportunity that should be embraced by both the Millennial Kids and those who work with them.
Millennials are in the process of forming their theological views about worship styles. The importance of Bible study and prayer remains virtually unquestioned by teens in this sample. Students surveyed are indicating to youth workers, parents, and church leaders that they have a commitment in the tenets of faith consistent with the inherited tradition derived from their parents but replete with some differences.


At the same time, analysis indicates that a growing number of the students questioned indicated that non-traditional worship styles are what they prefer. At a glance, the church is doing an average job teaching the distinctiveness of our tradition. The exclusivity of acapella singing and deciding when to observe of the Lord’s Supper are questions that continue to be unclear according to what these teens are saying about their beliefs. Unquestionably, church leaders, parents, and youth workers must address the issue of biblical interpretation in a way that communicates Scripture and makes adoption of these truths vital for all generations.


In conclusion, an unmitigated sentiment of surprise and excitement waits the teens moving in tangent across the Millennial Generation. Without a doubt, a Millennial Dawn arises. Our prayer is that youth workers, parents, churches, and universities will be ready to challenge these teens to reach their spiritual potential. Further reporting of this survey is expected and additional surveys are needed so that this Millennial Generation might be heard.