Greg Laurie :
Reflecting on the spiritual seeking among baby boomers that led to the Jesus Movement he was involved with in the 1970s, Laurie noted that trends increasingly suggest millennial men and younger are similarly ripe for the harvest despite profound challenges.
“There’s a lot of encouraging things happening right now,” he said. “There’s been a dramatic shift in the culture toward the Gospel and toward Jesus Christ. In the past, elders and baby boomers tended to be the more committed Christians, but in the last two years that has changed, especially among young people and specifically among young men.”
“Gen Z men are making a commitment to Christ,” he said, presumably referencing a study that was part of Barna’s State of the Church 2025 initiative, which found that commitment to Jesus has risen sharply among young men.
Conversions jumped 15 percentage points between 2019 and 2025 among Gen Z men, and 19 percentage points among millennial men, according to the study.
“This is interesting,” Laurie said. “Usually, girls, come on, you’re the ones that are always ahead of us in this. But for once, they’re not leading the way; men are leading the way. We need this to happen.”
Laurie also noted the rising number of Bible sales, which he said indicates spiritual hunger.
“Guess what? Grandma is not buying the Bibles,” he said. “It’s young people buying the Bible for the first time.” He went on to say Gen Z and Generation Alpha are hungry for the truth, but “don’t want thoughts; they don’t want a watered-down Gospel.”
Reflecting on the spiritual seeking among baby boomers that led to the Jesus Movement he was involved with in the 1970s, Laurie noted that trends increasingly suggest millennial men and younger are similarly ripe for the harvest despite profound challenges.
“There’s a lot of encouraging things happening right now,” he said. “There’s been a dramatic shift in the culture toward the Gospel and toward Jesus Christ. In the past, elders and baby boomers tended to be the more committed Christians, but in the last two years that has changed, especially among young people and specifically among young men.”
“Gen Z men are making a commitment to Christ,” he said, presumably referencing a study that was part of Barna’s State of the Church 2025 initiative, which found that commitment to Jesus has risen sharply among young men.
Conversions jumped 15 percentage points between 2019 and 2025 among Gen Z men, and 19 percentage points among millennial men, according to the study.
“This is interesting,” Laurie said. “Usually, girls, come on, you’re the ones that are always ahead of us in this. But for once, they’re not leading the way; men are leading the way. We need this to happen.”
Laurie also noted the rising number of Bible sales, which he said indicates spiritual hunger.
“Guess what? Grandma is not buying the Bibles,” he said. “It’s young people buying the Bible for the first time.” He went on to say Gen Z and Generation Alpha are hungry for the truth, but “don’t want thoughts; they don’t want a watered-down Gospel.”
Greg Laurie :
Reflecting on the spiritual seeking among baby boomers that led to the Jesus Movement he was involved with in the 1970s, Laurie noted that trends increasingly suggest millennial men and younger are similarly ripe for the harvest despite profound challenges.
“There’s a lot of encouraging things happening right now,” he said. “There’s been a dramatic shift in the culture toward the Gospel and toward Jesus Christ. In the past, elders and baby boomers tended to be the more committed Christians, but in the last two years that has changed, especially among young people and specifically among young men.”
“Gen Z men are making a commitment to Christ,” he said, presumably referencing a study that was part of Barna’s State of the Church 2025 initiative, which found that commitment to Jesus has risen sharply among young men.
Conversions jumped 15 percentage points between 2019 and 2025 among Gen Z men, and 19 percentage points among millennial men, according to the study.
“This is interesting,” Laurie said. “Usually, girls, come on, you’re the ones that are always ahead of us in this. But for once, they’re not leading the way; men are leading the way. We need this to happen.”
Laurie also noted the rising number of Bible sales, which he said indicates spiritual hunger.
“Guess what? Grandma is not buying the Bibles,” he said. “It’s young people buying the Bible for the first time.” He went on to say Gen Z and Generation Alpha are hungry for the truth, but “don’t want thoughts; they don’t want a watered-down Gospel.”
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