ministeringtomillennials
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A presentation I gave to the BGC military chaplain training session.TRANSCRIPT
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Ministering toMillennials
A Presentation to the Chaplain Session
Baptist General Conference
By Kyle A. Roberts
Bethel Seminary
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Understanding the Millennial Generation (Generation Y)
The Historical and Cultural Background: Post-modernity
The Intuitions, Impulses and Issues of Generation Y
How Can We Faithfully and Effectively Minister to Millennials?
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The Historical and Cultural Background: What is Postmodernity?
An Intense Patience for Pluralism and Difference
A Fragmentation of Cultural and Personal Identity
A Deep Mistrust of Authority A Longing for Belonging A Pessimistic Quest for Meaning and
Significance
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An Intense Patience for Pluralism The Collapse of Modernity The Beginning of Postmodernity Two Key Philosophers of Postmodernity
Francis Lyotard Jacques Derrida Michel Foucault
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The Collapse of Modernity
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The Pruitt-Igoe Housing Demolition (St Louis, March 16, 1972)
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Symbol of the Collapse of Modernity Pruitt-Igoe Demolished on March 16, 1972.
"The entire public housing program was always geared to production, not to providing decent housing for poor people…
In the big construction years of the program, the thinking was, ‘Let’s get the damned things (buildings) up, let’s get the dollars out and get the production going . . . Nobody really faced up to how bad these things could get. Nobody really thought about it.” - Thomas P. Costello
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Jean-Francois LyotardDefined Postmodernism as:
“Incredulity towards Metanarratives”
Predicted:The Fragmentation of SocietyThe Computerization of Society
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Jacques Derrida: “There is Nothing Outside the Text”
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Michel Foucault: “Power is Knowledge”
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Despair, Anxiety, and the “Broken Heart of Modernity”
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A Sign of the Times? Increasing Reliance on Psychiatric Medicine
US: In 2004, doctors wrote 147 million prescriptions for antidepressants (IMS Health Study)
70% of those taking anti-depressants, along with therapy, see improvement in mood
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Mental Health in a Time of War 12% of troops in Iraq and 17% of troops in
Afghanistan are taking prescription antidepressants or sleeping pills
70% of soldiers will bounce back after combat stress (“temporary stress injuries”)
20% will suffer from “temporary stress injuries” 10% will be afflicted with “stress illnesses” Nearly 30% of troops on third deployment suffer
from serious mental health problems
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Mental Health and Suicide There have been 164 Army suicides in
Afghanistan and Iraq from the start of the wars through 2007.
At least 115 soldiers killed themselves last year, including 36 in Iraq and Afghanistan (the highest toll since the military started keeping records)
One-third of soldiers report not having access to a mental health professional when they need one
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The Intuitions, Impulses and Issues of the Millennial Generation
Intense passion and patience for plurality (relativism)
Deep mistrust of authority Biblical and Theological (Gospel) Illiteracy Desire for authenticity Intense longing for belonging (community) Deep pessimism regarding the “good life” Desire to make a difference in the world
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How Should We Minister to Millennials?
Attend to our own authenticity and spiritual formation
Communicate dialogically and experientially, not authoritatively and dogmatically
Point them to Christ who suffered and emptied himself for humanity on the cross
Emphasize the holistic nature of the Gospel and of salvation
Emphasize community and enable belonging Evangelism as Discipleship