Faith for Exiles

5 Ways for a New Generation to Follow Jesus in Digital Babylon

By: David Kinnaman, Mark Matlock, Aly Hawkins

Narrated by: Jim Denison

Negative perceptions. Church dropouts. Prodigals and nomads. It's easy to get discouraged by all that's going wrong when it comes to Christianity and the emerging generation. Yet what's going right? In fact, signs of hope are springing up all around. Faith for Exiles unveils major new Barna research that uncovers what's working - five practices that contribute to resilience.

In a world where always-connected smart devices and search algorithms educate and entertain, digital Babylon is the new context for discipleship. Faith for Exiles reveals findings from a groundbreaking three-year research study of young Christians whose faith remains resilient even in exile. Barna president David Kinnaman teams up with former executive director of Youth Specialties Mark Matlock to help you:

• Make sense of chaotic cultural changes and respond with compassion to the next generation of believers
• Recognize the biblical concept of exile as an essential framework for following Christ today
• Discover five research-based practices that cultivate faithfulness in digital Babylon
• Prepare young Christians to be on mission with Jesus in the world
• And more

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2019 David Kinnaman and Mark Matlock (P)2019 Tantor

great insights great narration

very insightful and the narrator does well to express the emotions of the writers, loved it

Connecting the generation disconnect dots

Powerful insight into many generational disconnects. Expresses the need to evolve, connect and engage in our faith through being and finding mentors with faith. Great book!

They Know Their Stuff

This book is, of course, not an all inclusive guide to faithfully living out your faith in this modern culture. But it comes pretty darn close. In a familiar "David Kinnaman" style, they take data and put it into a practical "way to live." I would recommend this book 100%

Wow! Challenging and inspiring

The clarity of the research and the hope provided was simulating on many levels. I will be reading this with our teams and letting this book impact my prayer, thinking and leadership.

Excellent Read

I enjoyed the insights offered and would recommend this to all Pastors and those who work serve young people