{"id":9818,"date":"2014-02-06T07:41:13","date_gmt":"2014-02-06T13:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/?p=9818"},"modified":"2015-03-13T16:41:50","modified_gmt":"2015-03-13T21:41:50","slug":"bye-bye-millennials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/2014\/02\/06\/bye-bye-millennials\/","title":{"rendered":"Bye-Bye Millennials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Here, in living color, we see the church\u2019s failure to engage an entire generation:<\/p>\n

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The graphic comes from the Public Religion Research Institute<\/a>. You\u2019ll notice that it also undermines the evangelical claim that they\u2019re doing better with younger generations than progressive Christians. You\u2019ll see that\u2019s not true. In fact, the evangelical drop is more precipitous than the mainline drop \u2014 they\u2019ve also got further to fall.<\/p>\n

And, the survey shows<\/a>, as Whites lose majority in the US, they (we?) tend to long for the good ol\u2019 days:<\/p>\n

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Demographic differences are reflected in sharply contrasting evaluations of how American culture and way of life has changed since the 1950s. A majority (54%) of Americans say that since the 1950s, American culture and way of life has mostly changed for the worse, while 4-in-10 (40%) say it has mostly changed for the better.<\/p>\n