6 high-impact habits for preaching to Millennials and Gen Z

The empathy-based preaching method forging deeper connections and lasting life-change in new generations

6 in 10 Millennials raised in church have left leaving pastors and church leaders wondering…

“What kind of preaching will it take to reach and impact Millennials and Gen Z.”

We spent several years researching why Millennials and Gen Z are leaving the church, and discovered a common pattern of false conclusions often made about these generations including:

  • “Millennials want style over substance”

  • “I have to preach shorter sermons to retain attention”

  • “Millennials are not interested in theology and prefer a 'Ted Talk' style”

  • “Millennials would prefer to just follow ‘celebrity-style’ preachers on social media, instead of their local pastor”

  • “I have to be extra entertaining and use gimmicks, props, and technology to keep attention”

Surprisingly our research showed that Millennials and Gen Z aren’t looking for more Instagram reels, sound bites and hype from their preachers.

In reality, they’re experiencing a fatigue in ‘cool church’ culture.

What they really want to hear from their preachers is authenticity and substance. 

Coaching for pastors, by a pastor.

Raised the son of a pastor and like so many Millennials, Benjamin nearly walked away from church too. Frustrated by the lack of understanding between generations, Benjamin instead committed to being part of the solution, undertaking several years of careful research into new generations.

Benjamin is the founding pastor of Lifeplace Church - a thriving multi-generational community. With 12 years experience as a Senior Pastor, and over 20 years serving the local church, Benjamin has a passion for creating 'generationally intelligent' faith communities, and helping pastors understand, reach and empower younger generations more effectively.

Known as an innovative and empathetic speaker and writer, he combines his academic expertise with deep grassroots experience as a practitioner. His work helping churches develop generational intelligence in reaching Millennials and Gen Z has grown into a range of resources, helping pastors worldwide.

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With up to five generations in church, this webinar will help pastors to connect with new generations…

You can stop second-guessing your sermons and begin to preach to new generations with confidence.

(without any hype, props or Instagram reels)

Join Ben for 45 minutes of simple, practical coaching for your local church preaching.

You’ll learn…

  1. The ‘Kitchen Method’

How preaching the process and not the polish builds true Biblical literacy.

2. Bringing challenge vs comfort

Gain confidence to stir new generations without the fear of repelling them.

3. Deploy 'The Side Window Approach'

How to use empathy to subtly build credibility and authenticity into your sermons

4. The importance of reading long-form scripture

If we don’t show them context we are training them to look for bumper sticker phrases

5. Why we need to introduce new generations to deeper theology

6. Building confidence in your own unique ‘voice’

Develop your authentic personal preaching style.

Get access to the on-demand ‘Preaching Webinar’

At Be The Solution we know that you want to be the type of preacher that inspires all people to live out a deeper faith. In order to do that, you need to write Sunday sermons that draw new generations in.

The problem is, you may be feeling disconnected to younger generations… you don’t know how to relate to them at all, which makes you feel deeply concerned for the future of the church.

We believe that now MORE THAN EVER before, developing a 'generationally intelligent' preaching style is a crucial part of a pastor's communication toolkit.

We understand that the gap seems enormous right now, and you don’t even know where to start.

That’s why we have combined more than 20 years of practical local church pastoring with research and analysis of the latest church trends, to produce a simple preaching framework that you can use, as early as your next speaking engagement.

So click to access The Preaching Webinar, so you can stop feeling disconnected and start preaching to new generations with confidence.