Sep 18, 2026 · 27 min · 11 segments
Gen Z deeply cares about faith, community, and what is good. But they also approach the Church, institutions, and belief differently than previous generations.In this episode of Magnified Ministries…
Pete McCormackGuest
Peter WojcikHostMarcoHost
Um, You know, you think about the time with millennials, it's a very different reality.
They still care deeply in the very same way, but they have a little bit of skepticism about them from time to time.
they've encountered all those points that you made, right? They've seen, whether it be an economic collapse or whether they've seen institutions fail in a number of ways, clergy abuse Christ being one of them.
I want to trust you, but first I want to confirm a few things that I can trust you, that you're worthy of my trust.
So to me, this affords the church an opportunity to really be thoughtful about, hey, how are we encountering students in a new way? How are we genuinely sharing life with them as opposed to just assuming that they're going to come because we're the church? You know, there's an old line that I continue to repeat because I think it's so very important.
If the church is not careful, it will continue to offer high trust invitations in a low trust world.
But Gen Z thinks about things a little bit differently just because of the formation that they've received and the experiences of life that they've had.
And so what you have to begin to ask yourself is, all right, what are the ways that I can begin to build trust first so as then to make the invitation that we genuinely want to do? So it adds a step, but I actually think it's even better because it requires of us, just like Jesus, to enter into the relationships.
Um, You know, you think about the time with millennials, it's a very different reality.
They still care deeply in the very same way, but they have a little bit of skepticism about them from time to time.
they've encountered all those points that you made, right? They've seen, whether it be an economic collapse or whether they've seen institutions fail in a number of ways, clergy abuse Christ being one of them.
I want to trust you, but first I want to confirm a few things that I can trust you, that you're worthy of my trust.
So to me, this affords the church an opportunity to really be thoughtful about, hey, how are we encountering students in a new way? How are we genuinely sharing life with them as opposed to just assuming that they're going to come because we're the church? You know, there's an old line that I continue to repeat because I think it's so very important.
If the church is not careful, it will continue to offer high trust invitations in a low trust world.
But Gen Z thinks about things a little bit differently just because of the formation that they've received and the experiences of life that they've had.
And so what you have to begin to ask yourself is, all right, what are the ways that I can begin to build trust first so as then to make the invitation that we genuinely want to do? So it adds a step, but I actually think it's even better because it requires of us, just like Jesus, to enter into the relationships.
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