Join Pastor Luke Williams and Pastor Ryan Tremmel as they answer the question, "Who is Genz?
The Generations United Church podcast is made FOR GenU BY GenU.
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Discussion Outline base on Barna’s “Forces Forming a Generation"
Characteristics
- Born between ~1999-2015
- Mostly raised by GenX
- Most ethnically diverse generation in American history
- They have grown up with screens
- Success driven
- They don’t remember 9/11, but they do remember the 2008 financial recession
- Highly inclusive and individualistic
- Openminded, sensitive to others’ feelings and experiences, and wary of asserting any one view as right or wrong
- Safety and security is important to them
- They want to be and they want to create “safe spaces” for individuals.
Challenges
Technology
- 57% use screens over 4 hours or more a day on average
- 60% affirm this is too much
- Only ~12% are actually doing anything about this
Success/Perfection driven
- 43% believe happiness is connected to financial security
Inclusivity and individualism
- 1/3 believe gender is how someone feels on the inside, not connected to their birth sex.
- 2 in 5 Gen Z’ers interact with people that are different than them, compared to just a quarter of Boomers.
Safety and Security
- They want to be and belong to safe spaces that accept others and themselves.
- Real safety is a myth.
- They may not remember 9/11, but were born into war and global disruption.
Family life
- Only 1/3 of Gen Z believes their family plays a role in their identity formation.
- Gen Z sees their parents as double-minded. They see their parents as either “helicopter parents” or completely hands-off.
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