When Generations Collide Dr Jim Grant Pastor Heartland

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When Generations Collide Dr. Jim Grant Pastor Heartland Baptist Church, Alton, IL Preachbetweenthelines. com

When Generations Collide Dr. Jim Grant Pastor Heartland Baptist Church, Alton, IL Preachbetweenthelines. com Twitter – nappy 1955 pastor@hbcallton. com 817 -706 -1027

Generational Gap – Generational Trap Six Generations and no one can get along

Generational Gap – Generational Trap Six Generations and no one can get along

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Gaps and Traps • Generational Gap not just a 60’s term • Four Generations

Gaps and Traps • Generational Gap not just a 60’s term • Four Generations in the workplace • Five 7 - Generations in the Church body – – – Builders Boomers Busters Millenials Generation X, Y, Z • Rise of Church Planting – – To address dying churches To address multi-generational society To address multi-cultural changes Church Planters have no desire to go to an established Church, too much to work through

Gaps and Traps • Generational makeup your church • Age gaps/Missing Generations • Generational

Gaps and Traps • Generational makeup your church • Age gaps/Missing Generations • Generational Focus – Target Group – Target Generation • Different – Views – Values – Viewpoints

Gaps and Traps • Conflicts – Music; Budgets; Dress – Facilities; Values; Views –

Gaps and Traps • Conflicts – Music; Budgets; Dress – Facilities; Values; Views – Doctrines/theology • Unresolved Conflict leads to departure • New Church or new Staff • Focus is always on What is Different – not on What we have in Common. • Quit trying to FIX each other! – A bit of hypocrisy with generations who create an environment for the youth, then criticize them for taking advantage of the environment created for them.

Generational Differences • Hadyn Shaw – Sticking Points@/Generational IQ • 12 Sticking Points with

Generational Differences • Hadyn Shaw – Sticking Points@/Generational IQ • 12 Sticking Points with Generations – – – Communication Decision making Dress code Feedback Fun Knowledge transfer Loyalty Meetings Policies Respect Training Work ethic Best medium? Who and how are things decided? How casually can I dress? Do we want it, how much to give? At work how much fun can we have? How do we pass it on? How long do I stay? What happens, do we need meeting? Rules or guidelines? How do I get others to respect me How do I learn best? Hours and project completion? Hadyn Shaw Sticking Points, pg 30

Gaps and Traps • Effects – Church Health • Fighting between the generations for

Gaps and Traps • Effects – Church Health • Fighting between the generations for Preferences • Stagnant • Apathy, agnostic leads to apostasy – Church Ministries • Entertaining • Trying to Keep people instead of Get people – Church Fellowship • Splintered • Cliques • Us versus Them [We and They]

Why Can’t We Play Together? • Hadyn Shaw – Sticking Points@ • Five principles

Why Can’t We Play Together? • Hadyn Shaw – Sticking Points@ • Five principles to lead through Gen differences – Acknowledge that there are differences – Appreciate them; focus on the WHY not the WHAT – Flex how can we work within them, compromise? – Leverage the strengths of each Gen – Resolve: determine what is best option [use when flexing isn’t enough. Haydn Shaw, Sticking Points pg. 31 Presenter - Dr. Jim Grant 11/2017

What really Matters • Books for Further Reading – – – Every Square Inch

What really Matters • Books for Further Reading – – – Every Square Inch – Bruce Riley Ashford Un. Christian – Kinnaman & Lyons Sticking Points – Haydn Shaw Generational IQ – Haydn Shaw 4 th Turning – Strauss/Howe Onward – Russell Moore Counter Culture – David Platt Maximum faith – Barna The End of White Christian America – Robert Jones Good Faith –Kinnaman and Lyons The Race to Save our Century – Jones & Zmirak Broken-Down House – Paul David Tripp