The church is in a ‘strategic moment’ to reach a generation hungry for truth. In this episode, Todd Unzicker sits down with Shane Pruitt, National Next Gen Director for the North American Mission Board, to talk about how God is at work among Gen Z and Gen Alpha.


Generations Z and Alpha are often marked by their values of authenticity and transparency, and their cause-driven motivations. Shane Pruitt joins Todd Unzicker to unpack the current traits of these two young generations and the church’s opportunity to connect with them in their search for answers. Their general tendency to mistrust and countercultural narratives opens doors for ministry leaders to share the gospel and disciple them. From embracing your role as a mentor to letting young people serve and lead, Shane shares practical insight for discipling the next generation to declare and demonstrate the gospel. 

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Podcast Highlights:

  • “We get to help them understand, the greatest cause there is is the Great Commission of Jesus. If you really want to impact communities and campuses and people, help impact their eternity by pointing them to Jesus and making disciples.” (11:37)
  • “They don’t need adults who act like young people to reach young people. They just need adults who act like adults but love young people.” (14:20)
  • “Sometimes I think we overthink it so much, we forget the basics like: Be led by the spirit, share the gospel, preach the Bible. Young people are hungry for doctrine and theology.” (15:11)
  • Learn more about The Go Collective (GoCo) at ncbaptist.org/goco. GoCo equips students to live on mission, today and for the rest of their lives.
  • Don’t miss hearing Shane Pruitt live at this year’s N.C. Baptist annual meeting, Nov. 10-11 in Greensboro. Shane will deliver the convention sermon on Nov. 11.

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