Show Notes

How do we reach the NexGen? What is a handful of key principles that we can get ahold of to help with NexGen and personalizing their faith? NexGen is anyone less than a young adult. Youth have changed. Decades ago, you would go from youth to adulthood, starting career, marriage, and children of your own much younger than today.

Keys to developing an intergenerational relationship.

1. Being in a relationship with the next generation. We often associate with the next generation, but do not participate/engage with them as we could. We see them, but may be intimidated or let them.
2. Don’t check out when our children become teenagers.
3. Don’t expect them to act consistently as an adult might, even though they may look like an adult.
4. Come alongside them and extend more grace than enforce the rules. Set solid boundary lines, but give grace in the journey between those lines.
5. Always have the welcome mat available when your children want to talk.
6. Have 3 to 5 other Christ-following adults to help speak into their life as they may turn out parents more at that age.

Two questions to ask yourself:

1. What is your calling? Might you be called to give yourself to young men that can change their trajectory?
2. Even if you are not mentoring, how can you impact a young man’s life in your church, your neighborhood, or your workplace?

To reach Dr. Jeff Baxter, go to: jeffbaxter.org

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About Wendell Morton

Rev. Morton graduated from Western Evangelical Seminary with a BA in Religious Education and a Master of Counseling Psychology, Rev. Morton was in full-time ministry for 17 years with both small and large churches. He spent four of those ministry years with Promise Keepers. He was the the US representative to PK Canada – serving on the PK Canada Board.

Wendell also spent 23 years in Corporate America. He built and led sales teams that worked with very small businesses and other groups that worked with Fortune 500 companies. He is gifted at helping identifying the next generation of leaders as well as helping those around him being successful.

Rev. Morton has a passion to help pastors and church leaders build growing churches. Having men come alongside the vision of the pastor, build a dynamic team, create a plan, and execute the model of “each one brings one” has been proven effective for more than 2,000 years. This approach is a great way for every local church in North America to grow while helping men better understand biblical manhood.