Learning Objectives

Learn how to overcome generational barriers and make meaningful connections with Gen Z students and emerging faculty.

  • Gain a deeper understanding of your generational heritage (Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z)

  • Learn why generational understanding is important for campus ministry

  • Learn how to minister with Gen Z students and faculty, whether you identify as Gen Z yourself or part of a different generation

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  • ~60 minutes (self-paced)

    All your progress will be saved so you can resume where you left off.

  • Course Quicksheet (pdf)

    This is a quick summary of the material that you can use as a preview of the course or as a refresher once you’ve taken it.

  • Resource Toolbox

    See a list of the resources referenced in this course, all collected in one spot for your convenience.

Course Curriculum

  • 1

    Chapter 1: Generations on Campus

    • Voices of the Generations

    • Introduction

    • Before we begin . . .

  • 2

    Chapter 2: Thinking Generationally

    • Lesson 1: Why Generations?

    • Lesson 2: What’s in a name? The expertise of iGen

    • Lesson 3: How Did We Get Here? A Brief History of Generations

    • Lesson 4: Three Distinctives of Gen Z

  • 3

    Chapter 3: Putting Generational Theory in Practice

    • Lesson 1: The Need to Translate Campus Ministry

    • Lesson 2: Reaching Out to Gen Z

    • Lesson 3: Evangelism with Gen Z

    • Lesson 4: Discipling Gen Z

    • Lesson 5: Leading Gen Z

    • Lesson 6: Trends in the University World

  • 4

    Chapter 4: Coaching Gen Z

    • Lesson 1: 3 Questions You Should Start Asking Gen Z Today

    • Lesson 2: Affirm Before Challenging Gen Z (But Don’t be Afraid to Do Both)

    • Check for Understanding (Quiz)

  • 5

    Conclusion

    • Closing Remarks

    • Before you go . . .

Resource Toolbox

All resources referenced from this course will be linked below for your convenience to view and download. Please use/adapt these resources to what works for you in your ministry context.

Worksheets

Quicksheet

Ministering with Gen Z Quicksheet

This is a quick summary of the material that you can use as a preview of the course or as a refresher once you've taken it!

PDF

Reading

Article cover page

“What I Learned From Gen Z’s Faithfulness During the Pandemic”

Learn about five ways Tom Lin has seen Gen Z college students modeling a deeper, more resilient faith that older generations can learn from.

Christianity Today Article by Tom Lin | October 20, 2021

Article cover page

“Understanding & Honoring Gen Z”

Read how campus minister Mikee Golingo understands and honors the Gen Z students that God has called her to love.

InterVarsity Blog article by Mikee Golingo | July 29, 2021

Cover of iGen

“iGen”

A highly readable and entertaining first look at how today’s members of iGen—the children, teens, and young adults born in the mid-1990s and later—are vastly different from their Millennial predecessors, and from any other generation.

Book by Jean M. Twenge PhD

Cover of "Real Life"

“Real Life – A Christianity Worth Living Out”

Join Stephen, Bridget and Jared on their journey of following Jesus, as they discover what it means to move from skeptic to world-changer. And find new pathways for Christian discipleship and disciple-making in a world yearning for hope.

Book by James Choung

Media

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Love and Courage IV

Take your walk with Jesus to the next level through intriguing devotionals and practical applications to grow in love and courage

Instagram

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Con Confianza

We dig into relevant topics for campus ministry and Latino leadership.

Podcast on Sportify

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