{"product_id":"book-fu3s","title":"The New Copernicans","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur millennial children, as well as non-churchgoing millennials, are both the church's greatest challenge and its most exciting new opportunity.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is a fundamental frame of reference shift in American society happening right now among young adults. You may think of this group as millennials - those born between 1980 and 2000 - but millennials resist this label for good reason: The national narrative on them is pejorative, patronizing, and false.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere's what we do know:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e76 percent of Americans with a church background are described as \"religious nones\" or unaffiliated - and it's the fastest growing segment of the population.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClose to 40 percent of millennials fit this religious profile.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoughly 80 percent of teens in evangelical church high school youth groups will abandon their faith after two years in college.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's unlikely that the evangelical church can survive if it is uniformly rejected by millennials, and yet:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMillennial pastors and youth ministers are disempowered; their perspective is often not taken seriously by senior church leadership.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMost millennial research is framed in categories rejected by millennials; that is, left-brained, analytical communication is lost on right-brained, intuitive millennials.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvangelicals' bias toward rational left-brained thinking makes the church seem tone-deaf.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat's next? Listen on. John Seel suggests survival strategies - communication on-ramps for genuine human connection with the next generation. It can be done.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Christian","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49365093351728,"sku":"BDfu3s","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49365093417264,"sku":"ZEfu3s","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49365093548336,"sku":"ZMfu3s","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/fu3s-Square-cover.jpg?v=1777496652","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-fu3s","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}