Gen Z Way

NEW EVANGELIZATION
REVIEW
WHAT AND WHO IS THE GEN Z
While Millennials were born between 1984 to 1998; Gen X were born between
1965 to 1983; Boomers were born between 1946 to 1964; and Elders were born
before 1946. Generation Z consists of kids born between 1995 and 2015. For most
of Generation Z, they do not remember the world without smartphones, Wifi, and
instant access to the world’s information via Google. They are beginning to reach
college and high school, and is very different from the previous generations. They are
less religious, more success-oriented, more diverse, more captivated by technology
and more likely to embrace different views on sexual identity. Given the frequency of
social media and screens in our society, we are seeing an acceleration of ideas,
beliefs, and practices that are out of step with what God has revealed in the Bible.
Atheism is on the rise in Gen Z. Today’s teens are less Christian and more confused
about moral and spiritual truth than ever.
MILLENIALS
Millennials, those born between 1980 and 1994. Millennials were
there before personal computers were even a standard household
item. A life without cellphones and smartphones. Years with dial-up
internet, slow cellular data, and Wifi hotspots being a luxury
rather than a necessity. They’re hardly kids anymore. They’re
today’s adults.
HOW TO REACH OUT TO GEN Z
In the work for new evangelization, If we are reaching out younger generations such
as millennials and generation Z, we have to use digital evangelization if we want them
to be fishers of men. We need to let them experience the joy of communicating the
faith, of saving one’s soul rather than communicating hatred.
Also, having new evangelizers who strengthens and transforms evangelization with
their new methods and approaches; evangelizers who are not only digital experts, but
who have a prayerful life, passion for evangelization, and professional experience.
THE DARK SIDE OF SOCIAL MEDIA
There once was a commercial about social media with a motto, “connecting lives”. It is
beneficial to some extent because we can reach our loved ones even if they are
away from us, because we can reach them, but connecting through social media
makes the relationships less personal.
Also, social media is known to cause depression to young people because of cyber
bullying, peer jealousy, and insecurity. Worst, some commit suicide because of the
messages being posted on their social media walls.
THE BRIGHT SIDE OF SOCIAL MEDIA
Communication has become easier. For young people, their school
is the internet. Everything they want to connect and access with is
reachable. Many people who one had lost contact with are also
found because of mass media. Advocacy is fast when it is posted.
The real question however, is the quality of relationships.
Relationships depend on the person. It depends in you, that is why
the challenge for all of us is to use it with prudence. Since social
media can be a means that will surely benefit humanity.
SOCIAL MEDIA ON MATTERS OF FAITH
Nowadays, we often see priests who use their tablets in giving homilies. Priest have
become innovative for them to be more effective. Churches use social media as a tool
for communicating with existing members. Tweeting a daily message or Bible verse,
broadcasting regularly scheduled podcasts, uploading videos of sermons or other
spiritual teachings, sharing blogs written by the minister or other church leaders. The
Decree on social communication made it clear for us to make use of technology to
bring the good news of salvation to the world. Social media is a gift to us and to the
church. Social Media gives opportunities for our mission.
It is an instrument for evangelization, but it is also a virtual world that needs to be
evangelized. As we are called to be fishers of men, we need to explore and meet
them where they are, including social media.
PRAYERFUL LIFE
Our goal is not only to transmit the faith, but to transform our own hearts into His and
to make disciple of all nations. We can reach this goal when our status is in
relationship with Jesus, and that is through prayer.
It’s impossible to know someone if you don’t spend time with them. Prayer is an
opportunity to spend time with God. To really understand the heart of God, you
need to pray. While there is deep theological meaning in prayer, it doesn’t have to
be something that is complicated and difficult. It’s something anyone can do anywhere
at any time.
PASSION FOR EVANGELIZATION
Prayer will surely keep our passion for evangelization burning. We need to be
deeply in love with our mission in a way that our heart is burning with love for
Jesus. It is this passion that will lead us to be more creative, more innovative in
bringing the message. These characteristics of creativity is found in our youth.
Also, if properly guided and formed, the youth would be an effective
evangelizers to their friends.
PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE
The quality of evangelization lies also on the quality of evangelizers. They
need formation so they can be effective in their mission. Let us build form
evangelizers that are capable in building a network for Jesus. We “Socialize
to evangelize.”
“SOCIALIZE TO EVANGELIZE”
1. What ways can we do to evangelize as

part of Generation Z?
EVANGELIZING
Sometimes, almost all of us are embarrassed to propose our faith to someone else, as
if we were trying to sell something. And we are so deeply concerned to respect
others that we do not want to give the impression of imposing our own ideas or to try
and convince others. Especially when it is a question of a subject as intimate as trust in
God.
Evangelizing in Greek, the verb is used for the expression “to announce good news”:
someone who is “evangelized” is basically someone who has been “made aware”. It
has no religious meaning in itself. And yet it was that word, almost too commonplace,
that Christians used to describe the most precious aspect of their faith: the
announcement of Christ’s resurrection. People didn’t say “make someone aware of
Christ’s resurrection” but simply “evangelize someone.”
EVANGELIZE AS GEN Z
Gen Z wanted to be able to talk about their relationships with Christ to others, but
some didn’t know how to begin. In their fear of coming across as judgmental or pushy
Christians, it seems that Generation Z is struggling to find the art of evangelism.
But if sharing your faith doesn’t mean handing out fliers and shouting into a
megaphone on the street corner, what should it look for us young people?
The response we got was simple: share your story; talk about your journey with God.
Even in our current post-Christian culture, very few people will contradict or belittle
our shared experiences of encountering Christ. When we speak about our faith, we
should focus on how God has changed our lives and what being a part of the Body
of Christ means to us. We shouldn’t push our faith onto others, but instead we should
seek to honestly express how faith in Christ has impacted our own lives. In this way,
we are not making it about their faults and their sins, but instead about the
transformative power of the One we follow.
TO BE LIGHT AND SALT
Matthew 5:13: “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness,
how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to
be thrown out and trampled by men.”
When Jesus said, "You are the salt of the earth", He meant that all of His disciples
were to serve as preservatives, stopping the moral decay in our sin infected world.
Those first disciples would have been intimately familiar with this function of salt.
Without refrigeration, the fish that they caught would quickly spoil and rot unless they
were packed in salt. Once salted, the fish could be safely stored and then used when
needed. The spiritual health and strength of the Christian is to counteract the
corruption that is in the world. Christians, as salt, are to inhibit sin's power to destroy
lives. This in turn creates opportunity for the gospel to be proclaimed and received.
The second half of Matthew 5:13 states: "But if salt loses its taste, how would its
saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and
trodden underfoot by men". Jesus did not say that we can lose our salvation; He said
that we can lose our saltiness. When salt is contaminated it becomes corrosive and
poisonous.
If we have allowed disobedience, carelessness and indifference to rule our lives, we
have become contaminated salt and have lost our saltiness. We need to confess our
sin and let the Lord restore us to the purpose for which we were called.
“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; nor does
anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it
gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light shine before men in such a
way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in
heaven” (Matthew 5:14-16
 As "light" we are to illuminate or make visible. Our lives are to be an on-going witness to
the reality of Christ's presence in our lives. When we worship God with pure hearts, when
we love others as ourselves, and when we do good without growing tired, we are lights
shining. It is important, however to know that it is not our light, but the reflection of the
Light of the world, Jesus Christ Himself, that people will see in us.

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