Many Churches Have Tried — and Failed — to Reach the Younger Generation
as the Grip of Secular Culture Grows Stronger
One million young people are leaving the church every year. Criticism, controversy, and pressure have hampered Christian ministry efforts as American culture becomes more secular by the day. Though they’ve tried, churches are failing to reach Millennials and Gen Z. It’s become utterly clear that what worked before is not working now.
But does that mean nothing will work? You may be shocked to hear it, but the opportunities to reach today’s kids for Christ are more abundant than ever. Teens are living empty lives void of direction, vision, purpose, and most of all, hope. They don’t just need Jesus; they are starving for Him.
If today’s young people aren’t coming to church, we must be going to them. Dr. Nate Landis has spent years developing Urban Youth Collaborative, which reaches thousands of kids for Christ in multiple cities — every week. He can attest that the younger generation is far from a lost cause: They are looking for reliable leaders — even churches — who will reach out to them and give them a purpose and mission in life.
They are looking to YOU. The question is, are you ready to extend your hand?
Why Work with Dr. Landis?
Rev. Nate Landis, M.Div., Ph.D. is the author of God Wants His Kids Back and the founder of Urban Youth Collaborative. He began his ministry at a Presbyterian church in Southern California and quickly realized that the kids in his community were never going to stumble inside his congregation — he would have to go to them. With the support of his wife, he quit his job and began an innovative outreach youth ministry that focused on meeting kids’ needs and raising up student leaders. It became the Urban Youth Collaborative. Today, UYC reaches 3,500 kids every week at 100 schools in San Diego, Tijuana, Atlanta, and Columbia, South Carolina.
As a local pastor, Dr. Landis understands the challenges of engaging the next generation. He wants to share the same proven strategies that he and the UYC coalition of churches use to reach kids in their own neighborhoods every day.
Dr. Landis wants to work with other leaders, ministry teams, churches, and organizations to teach them how to have the same kind of impact. This is a God-sized mission where the harvest is plenty and the workers are few. If you are ready to seize the opportunity, Dr. Landis can help you create a customized strategy for reaching the kids in your specific community. You can have a thriving ministry that feeds the mouths, minds, and souls of the younger generation. All you have to do is say YES!
What You’ll Learn During Your Consultation
Here are just a few things you’ll learn during your consultation with Dr. Landis:
- Your path into the lives of young people who need hope
- Strategies for teaching and mentoring so that kids will listen and learn with enthusiasm
- How to partner with other leaders in your community to support teens and their families
- How to make an exponential impact by reaching junior high & high school sports teams
- Your specific strengths and how you can be a pillar in the lives of kids
- Methods for raising up student leaders who will advocate for Christ in their schools
- How to help teens take ownership of their lives and connect to their ultimate purpose
… and MUCH more.
”I have witnessed first-hand the amazing collaborative work that Dr. Landis has done to relevantly reach this
generation in such a way that they have the endorsement and participation of public school officials..."
-Eric Johnson-
Pastor, DeVos Urban Leadership Initiative
Do You Want to Bring Transformative Hope to the
Younger Generation in Your Community?
Many other leaders just like you are deeply discouraged by secular trends in culture, lack of traction with Millennials and Gen Z, and the steep decline of Christianity in America.
But ministries like Urban Youth Collaborative offer great hope because they prove that God is still hard at work behind the scenes, raising up leaders for Himself among the youth of our nation. Will you be part of His work?
Will you stand up and say YES to reaching the younger generation for Christ? Book a consultation with Dr. Landis today to find out exactly how you can bring transformative hope to young people in your community, both now and in the future.