Next Gen on Mission North American Mission Board

In this episode, Shane Pruitt brings on his own pastor, Josh Howerton of LakePointe Church in the Dallas, Texas area to chat about the nuances of leading Next Generation students into deciphering and living out their ministry callings.

Chip Dean is a global students pastor and campus pastor at Liberty Live Church in Newport News, Virginia. He’s also a husband and adoptive father. He joins Shane Pruitt to discuss how his church is using acts of service right on school campuses where students are to aggressively reach the Next Gen population. Chip and Shane also talk about what it means to mold students into leaders who reach other students.

Where does the Next Generation of women fit into the current and future state of the Church? How do we work to concentrate on shaping next gen women for viable ministry? Jennie Allen, the founder of the If Gathering, has dedicated her life to helping women find and live out their callings in the kingdom of God.

Jen Wilkin says the next generation is ready to be taken seriously and that it’s time to defeat the misconception that they don’t want to be serious about God or God’s Word. Jen is an author and Bible teacher from Dallas, Texas, and a member of The Village Church. In this episode, she chats with Shane Pruitt about the importance of teaching the Word of God to them in such a way that helps them have an accurate understanding of God’s identity.

Ronnie Floyd, long-time pastor, president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee and noted author and speaker, joins Shane Pruitt to talk about the vast mission field of college students and teenagers, the importance of following through conversions with Believer’s Baptism and the reasons why this generation can and should reverse the 20-year decline of baptisms in the Southern Baptist Convention.

Pastor Johnny Hunt, Vice President of Evangelism at NAMB, former SBC president and former pastor of First Baptist Woodstock is a fitting voice to speak about how lead pastors can empower and equip their churches to effectively minister to and reach the next gen crowd with the gospel.