Meet The Alpha Generation

How can we effectively understand, engage, reach, and lead them towards Christ? 
The Alpha generation by the way is made up of those born in the year 2010 and after. Which means the oldest among Gen Alpha are 14 years old, just 2 years away from earning college credit in high school, and they will be full blown young adults in just 4 years. Here are 3 key traits of the Alpha Generation shared by Dr. Rob Hoskins via the youngadultstoday podcast:

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Josiah Kennealy
Leaders Conference

On March 2-3 rd , over 60 leaders gathered at Zoe Church for the 4 th annual youngadultstoday conference. These leaders and their teams are serving 18–30-year old’s on their college campuses and in their churches.

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Micah Kennealy
The Best of Young Adults Today Podcast

It’s hard to believe that this month marks 3 years of recording the youngadultstoday podcast! What started as a hobby 3 years ago with a dream to resource young adult ministry leaders has grown to a library of over 150 episodes. We are also now launched as a full blown 501c3 nonprofit ministry! A lot of times people ask us if we have a favorite episode or conversation, and they all have been incredible. Here’s some of the most downloaded conversations of all time:

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9 Questions Pastors Can Ask to Better Understand the Next Generation

Whether you are a younger leader trying to better understand the generations that have gone before us, or you’re a more experienced leader attempting to engage with the next generation, it’s easy to become intimidated or threatened by those who are in other generations. Here’s nine questions that have the potential to bring intergenerational insight to your leadership:

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Josiah Kennealy
5 Ways To Pray For College Students

My bold prayer for the next generation is that their faith in Jesus would continue as they go off to college! Mark Batterson says: “bold prayers honor God and God honors bold prayers.” So I trust that while I pray God is working.

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Josiah Kennealy
5 Vital Relationships in Your Twenties:

Especially coming out of the past year and a half of pandemic and moving towards endemic, everyone is craving community! So how do you cultivate contagious community? Where do you find those relationships we all long for? Let’s face it: we weren’t made to do life by ourselves! I actually don’t think you can live fully alive on your own or without others! Here’s a handful of thoughts on the type of life-giving friendships we all need:

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Josiah Kennealy
Leadership Framework

It’s been said that everyone wins when a leader gets better. That begs the question “how does a leader get better?” The place to start is with discovering and developing a healthy framework for leadership. Here is a 4 part leadership framework I’ve been using for my own reflection and sharing with others who are wanting to become stronger leaders:

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Josiah Kennealy