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The real reason Gen Z is not interested in church

Gen Z is the least religious generation in American history. As of 2022, 44% of Gen Z claimed to have no relationship with religion at all.

In the 5th episode of our season looking at how Cultural Christianity is killing the American church, we make the case that an incomplete gospel combined with bad end times theology is the leading thing driving Gen Z to be uninterested in church.

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Resources referenced in the show:

https://religioninpublic.blog/2023/04/03/gen-z-and-religion-in-2022/

https://sojo.net/articles/sponsored/1-million-leaving-church-every-year-gen-z-faithless-generation

https://relevantmagazine.com/magazine/how-gen-z-will-shape-the-church/

https://unitedwaynca.org/blog/gen-z-activism-survey/

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/12/08/about-four-in-ten-u-s-adults-believe-humanity-is-living-in-the-end-times/

https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2022/11/17/how-religion-intersects-with-americans-views-on-the-environment/

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/politics-and-religion/article/religious-ideology-race-and-health-care-policy-attitudes/C7882B114833DA3B437FEE106A14FD47

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