Together is better. Young adults want opportunities to interact with a group multiple times per week and participate in small group activities that promote relationships and belonging. A paradigm shift is needed from behaving and believing before belonging, to belonging and believing before becoming. Both churched and unchurched young adults desire mentors who can provide maximum opportunities for hands-on, practical learning experiences to help them determine their own beliefs.

6. Together is better.

7. Together is better.
• Young adults, both churched and unchurched, indicate that
having the opportunity to interact with members of a group
multiple times per week is very important.
• Young adults, both churched and unchurched, desire to
participate in a maximum number of small group activities
that promote relationship/belonging.

9. More Than Coffee.

10. More Than Coffee.

11. Some Reminders
•
Community should encourage honesty, authenticity, and freedom to ask questions.
•
Community should endorse a connection between one’s actions and their
personal convictions.
•
Community should minimize church jargon.
•
Community should provide an atmosphere where it’s OK to not know all the
answers.
•
Community should be full of personal illustrations and life application.

12. Challenges of Community

13. Challenges of Community

14. Challenges of Community

15. Challenges of Community

16. Challenges of Community

17. Challenge Meets Opportunity

18. A Paradigm Shift

19. A Paradigm Shift
Behave/Believe/Belong

20. A Paradigm Shift
Behave/Believe/Belong
VS

21. A Paradigm Shift
Behave/Believe/Belong
VS
Belong/Believe/Become

22. Thanks For Listening

24. POSTMODERNISM

25. POST...MODERNISM

32. NOT

33. Mystery
NOT

34. Mystery
NOT Logic

36. NOT

37. Story
NOT

38. Story
NOT Fact

40. NOT

41. Change
NOT

42. Change
NOT Stability

44. NOT

45. Distrust
NOT

46. Distrust
NOT Trust

51. DEPTH

54. Information to Exploration

55. Admiration to Identification

56. Dispensation to Revelation

57. Read the text.

58. Question the text.

59. Learn the text.

60. Find the 3 AM of the text.

61. Personally reflect on the text.

62. Draw up the outline.

63. Seek to lead others to discover
the content on their own.

65. Choices Make A Difference.

66. The Impact of Increased Awareness

67. The Broken Link

68. Remembering Our Heritage

69. Remembering Our Heritage

70. Remembering Our Heritage
An Incomplete Gospel

71. Remembering Our Heritage
An Incomplete Gospel
An Incomplete Jesus

73. Both/And

74. Both/And NOT

75. Both/And NOT Either/Or

76. Both/And NOT Either/Or
Unify the Body

77. Both/And NOT Either/Or
Unify the Body
Reach the Lost

78. MESSY

81. “SAM”

82. What They Are Saying
• “I need advice from someone who has gone
through the things I am about to go through.”
• “I’m looking to find a mentor.”
• “Save me some headaches, some money, whatever.”

83. SHERPA

84. The Biblical Model

85. What They Are Saying
• Both churched and unchurched young adults desire a maximum number of small
group activities that promote relationship and belonging.
• Both churched and unchurched young adults desire a maximum number of
opportunities to connect with a mentor.
• Both churched and unchurched young adults desire to participate in small group
meetings to discuss life application of Scripture with a maximum frequency.
• Both churched and unchurched young adults desire to determine their own beliefs
through a maximum of hands-on, practical learning experiences.
• Both churched and unchurched young adults desire information and advice from a
maximum number of individuals who have that experience.

90. +

91. +
OR

92. +
OR
x