Carey Lodge: How to engage young people with the Bible

Despite an interest in spirituality, ethics and social justice, over 70 per cent of young people never read the Bible, research has found.

The findings are detailed in the Bible Society Australia's new report, 'The Bible according to Gen Z', and reveal, according to editor Adrian Blenkinsop, that young people are struggling to connect and engage with Scripture.

 

"Generation Z doubts the authenticity and relevance of the Bible, struggles with its language and is baffled by its stories of strange rituals, bizarre laws and violence," he says, noting that this is the same in almost every developed country. Keep reading