We call them the anxious generation. Or iGen—the generation addicted to clicking and scrolling. As digital natives, they’re often characterized as secular, socially conscious, risk-averse, lonely, and too distracted to read books.

They seem like the kind who’d shun church and campus ministries, preferring to stay home and scroll, constructing their own vision of truth instead of submitting to the authority and demands in Christian fellowship.

But what’s really going on with Gen Z?

Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra investigates in the new episode of TGC’s Recorded podcast. She starts at Dordt University after hearing that students seem more engaged than in previous years: “more responsive in class, better about doing their homework, and more interested in learning.” At the same time, chapel attendance has skyrocketed. Could Jesus be changing these students? Could it even be a revival?

To find out, Sarah talks to college pastors and students. She hears about how the gospel is transforming party girls, overachievers, and single-minded academics. However you characterize what’s going down on campuses, there’s no denying Jesus is at work to bring young people to himself. His glory is shining among Gen Z, in the United States and abroad.

I always love Sarah’s reporting. She digs into the data but also talks to people on the ground, so we get a nuanced look that goes beyond statistics. You’ll be encouraged by listening to (or reading) this remarkable story of a generation finding their way to Christ—or, more accurately, being found by him.

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