Generations United Church

GenZ (Part #1)

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Join Pastor Luke Williams and Pastor Ryan Tremmel as they answer the question, "Who is Genz?

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Discussion Outline base on Barna’s “Forces Forming a Generation"

Characteristics

  • Born between ~1999-2015
  • Mostly raised by GenX
  • Most ethnically diverse generation in American history
  • They have grown up with screens
  • Success driven
    • They don’t remember 9/11, but they do remember the 2008 financial recession
    • Highly inclusive and individualistic
      • Openminded, sensitive to others’ feelings and experiences, and wary of asserting any one view as right or wrong
      • Safety and security is important to them
        • They want to be and they want to create “safe spaces” for individuals.

          • Challenges

          Technology

          • 57% use screens over 4 hours or more a day on average
          • 60% affirm this is too much
          • Only ~12% are actually doing anything about this

            • Success/Perfection driven

            • 43% believe happiness is connected to financial security

              • Inclusivity and individualism

              • 1/3 believe gender is how someone feels on the inside, not connected to their birth sex.
              • 2 in 5 Gen Z’ers interact with people that are different than them, compared to just a quarter of Boomers.

                • Safety and Security

                • They want to be and belong to safe spaces that accept others and themselves.
                • Real safety is a myth.
                  • They may not remember 9/11, but were born into war and global disruption.

                    • Family life

                    • Only 1/3 of Gen Z believes their family plays a role in their identity formation.
                    • Gen Z sees their parents as double-minded. They see their parents as either “helicopter parents” or completely hands-off.

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